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Monday,
July 20, 2001
Heaven
Full, God Raises Standards
HEAVEN - The
longstanding rumors that Heaven was becoming overcrowded have been
confirmed by a press release early this morning. In the official
statement God
claims, "The recent rise in popularity of the 'Jews
for Jesus' movement has caused a lot of overcrowding, consequently
the cost of living in heaven has skyrocketed. We don't have enough
room and our power plants are overloaded. Something has to give."

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According to a recent study, fewer than 1 in 10 residents of heaven
are able to afford their own cloud. Some have sought controversial
high interest loans from God. Thousands have been forced to default
and declare bankruptcy after being laid off of their positions in
an overcrowded choir. The recent failure of Heaven.com has not helped
matters and saw the controversial firing of The Holy Ghost from
his VP of All Things Holy position at the struggling dot com. According
to God, "He just didn't fit in. His role has always been rather
mysterious." The
Holy Ghost has moved south to a waiting position at Satan.com,
which is posting record revenues.
Some of the new standards for entrance into heaven have experts
puzzled. One requires that applicants be penitent, not drink Diet
Pepsi, wear black
Nike Cortez, own a cat, be over 5' tall and not a fan of
Liberace.
Another form asks the applicant:
Please check the following that would best describe you:
_sinner
_pagan
_whore
_blasphemer
_businessman
_Krishna
_Bill Gates
It has long been feared that heaven would begin to experience a
severe population explosion ever since Mormons stopped the practice
of polygamy.
Earlier this year, one hundred low income Black families were forced
to move to limbo to make way for a new upscale condo community and
golf course. Even the revered American patriot Benjamin Franklin
receive a Manifest Destiny notification and was forced into a studio
apartment on Hell's upper West side.
"We're not sure how that guy got in here in the first place
actually, " responded St. Peter in an exclusive interview with
WP.
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