God and Saint Peter
Copyright©1993 Evans and Savidge
By Vaughan Savidge
God:
Peter.
St. Peter:
Yes, Oh most holy and exalted one.
God:
First names Peter, first names.
St. Peter:
All right ... er ... (tentatively) ... God.
God:
I fancy testing mankind again ... you know ... moneychangers in the temple sort of
scenario ... see how they're coming along. We've left them to their own devices for
quite a while now. Find a suitable place we could thrust a thermometer up the backside
of humanity -
St. Peter:
Interestingly enough, er ... your ... er, God ... I recently sent a messenger to Hong Kong.
God:
Well, that's certainly the backside of humanity.
St. Peter:
And I got him to do something so outrageous they couldn't understand what was happening.
God:
Good. Good.
St. Peter:
I got him to give away money near a temple of Mammon. He was mobbed by a crowd trying to get at the loot. So the police locked him up.
God:
But what happened to the crowd who had caused all the trouble?
St. Peter:
Them! Oh nothing. They were allowed to continue looking for money elsewhere.
God:
(With resignation in his/her voice) I see. All right. I suppose we'd better leave them be for another couple of thousand years.
St. Peter:
Perhaps by then they'll have finished their new airport -
