Max and Joe
Two 90 year old men, Max and Joe, have been friends all of their lives.
When it's clear that Joe is dying, Max visits him every day. One day
Max says, "Joe, we both loved cricket all our lives, and we played district crcket
together for so many years. Please do me one favour, when you get
to Heaven, somehow you must let me know if there's cricket there."
Joe looks up at Max from his death bed," Max, you've been my best
friend for many years. If it's at all possible, I'll do this favour for you.
Shortly after that, Joe passes on.
At midnight a couple of nights later, Max is awakened from a sound
sleep by a blinding flash of white light and a voice calling out to him,"
"Max--Max."
"Who is it?, asks Max sitting up suddenly. "Who is it?"
"Max--it's me, Joe."
"You're not Joe. Joe just died."
I'm telling you, it's me, Joe," insists the voice."
"Joe! Where are you?"
"In heaven", replies Joe. "I have some really good news and a little
bad news."
"Tell me the good news first," says Max.
"The good news," Joe says," is that there's cricket in heaven.
Better yet, all of our old buddies who died before us are here, too.
Better than that, we're all young again. Better still, it's always spring time and it
never rains or snows. And best of all, we can play cricket all we want,
and we never get tired."
"That's fantastic," says Max. "It's beyond my wildest dreams! So
what's the bad news?
"You're fielding on Tuesday.