numismatic related joke heard in church this morning.....

Doogy

My pastor was doing a sermon on Jesus preparing a place for us, and wanted to relay a joke that I found funny.

A very wealthy and kind man passed away at a ripe old age. He was an avid collector of rare gold coins from around the world, and he had one of the finer collections ever assembled. Upon arriving at the pearly gates, he was stopped and asked why he was carrying a suitcase. He simply explained that it was a deal worked out with the almighty, and he was allowed his one suitcase of belongings. The guard looked at him quizically, and muttered "um, i'm gonna' have to call this one in. (calling) Lord, we have Mr. Jones here with a suitcase that he, uh....okay, I understand." After hanging up in disbelief, the guard said to the man. "well, it looks like you do in fact have a prior arrangement! But....before you go in, do you mind what i ask what was so important that it couldn't stay behind?" The man smiled and seemed to look proud to show his new friends. After opening the suitcase, and standing back to allow them to take it all in, they started to laugh out loud. "pavement?! why would break your back lugging that up here!?"

commoncents05

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GoldenEyeNumismatics

pendragon1998

DJCoinz

Took me a second but I got it.

TwoSides2aCoin

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CaptHenway

Here's another one. Think Scotland circa 1900.

Old Angus was known to be "thrifty," as his people said of themselves, but he was an honest, God-fearing man. One Sunday while at church, he reached into his coin purse and grabbed what he thought was a shilling and put it in the collection plate. A few minutes later, feeling uneasy, he looked into his coin purse and discovered to his horror that he had accidentally given away the gold sovereign he kept there for emergencies.

He waited until the service was over, and sought out the pastor to explain the problem and get his sovereign back and give the shilling instead. The pastor thundered "No! Gifts to The Lord are not refundable!" No amount of pleading could sway him, so eventually Angus said "Well, at least I'll get credit with The Lord for 20 shillings." The pastor thundered "Ye'll get credit for the shilling you meant to give! The other 19 shilling are just gravy for The Lord!"

slipgate

ok - I don't get it after reading 4 times.

wayneherndon

<< <i>ok - I don't get it after reading 4 times. >>



In heaven, the streets are paved with gold.

WH

guitarwes

<< <i>ok - I don't get it after reading 4 times. >>




The roads in Heaven are paved with gold. He brought his gold coins with him in his suitcase.



wes

slipgate

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<< <i>ok - I don't get it after reading 4 times. >>



In heaven, the streets are paved with gold.

WH >>



Thanks! I guess my lack of religion has finally caught up with me!

guitarwes

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<< <i>ok - I don't get it after reading 4 times. >>



In heaven, the streets are paved with gold.

WH >>



Thanks! I guess my lack of religion has finally caught up with me! >>





Don't just search after "religion", search for a relationship.


On a side note, did everyone know that money is mentioned more times in the New Testament than anything else?


wes

Preussen

<< <i>ok - I don't get it after reading 4 times. >>





<< <i>In heaven, the streets are paved with gold.

WH >>





<< <i>Thanks! I guess my lack of religion has finally caught up with me! >>

I didn't get it either . I'm glad you asked so I could read the explanation too -Preussen

edited to fix the quotes

RBinTex

Took me a second (or two) also but got it. Funny.

sanitarium1inmate

I's like carrying a suitcase of yellow bricks to the wonderful wizard of OZ.

Mar327

Took me a couple minutes too - my first thought, that I figured wasn't right, was that the road to H*ll is paved with good intentions. But since he made it to Heaven that didn't fit!

ricko

Hmmmmmmm... Cheers, RickO

Longacre

I didn't get it either--- looks like I should go to church more.


I like the joke about the lawyer who gets to the pearly gates and St. Peter says to the lawyer, "wow, I took a look at your billing records and you don't look bad for 289 years old".