Chapter 205

A suicide bomber died and went to heaven, as foretold. When he arrived there, he met Allah, and he said to Allah that he was ready to claim his virgins, as promised. Out of curiosity he asked Allah why there were so many virgins in heaven.

Allah regarded him for a moment, then replied, "Actually, the 72 virgins are here in heaven because people like you murdered them before they could experience the pleasure of sex. So you're here to service them. Since they're virgins, they're quite sexually ravenous; and, frankly, you'll be on constant, exhausting duty. And I shall banish you from Paradise should you fail!"

The bomber responded, "Well, I guess I can live with that. How hard can it be to keep 72 women satisfied for all eternity?"

And Allah replied, "Who said they were women?"

A Funeral procession pulled into the cemetery. Several carloads of family members followed a black truck towing a boat with a coffin in it. A passer-by remarked;

"That guy must have been a very avid fisherman."

"Oh, he still is," remarked one of the mourners.

"As a matter of fact, he's headed off to the lake as soon as we bury his wife."