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Prepare to Meet God

   93Dec29 9:05 am from Zeylan @ BowHead _ Santa Barbara

PREPARE TO MEET GOD, you say?

  "Hi, I'm here to see God.  Is He in?"
  "Yes, but He's with another client.  Please have a seat over there."
  "Well, I'm kind of in a hurry..."
  "I'm sure you are, mister--"
  "Zeylan."
  "--Mister Zeylan.  But God is very busy, you see.  Just have a seat."
  "Will it be very long?"
  "The longer you bother me, the longer it will take, yes."
  "Uh, fine.  I'll wait."

  "Uh... this is a pretty nice waiting area here...  I say, this is a nice
waiting-- are you ignoring me?"
  "I'm working, sir.  And fraternizing with clients is not allowed."
  "Oh.  I see.  Okay.  Well, good thing you have these Highlights magazines
here, I guess..."

  "Mister Zeylan, sir.  God will see you now."
  "Thank you."
  "Right through this door."
  "Thanks.  Uh, hi, God."
  "WELL, ZEYLAN, SO NICE TO SEE YOU.  HAVE A SEAT.  MAKE YOURSELF
COMFORTABLE.  CAN I FIX YOU A DRINK?"
  "No, no need to go through any trouble..."
  "TROUBLE?  ARE YOU KIDDING?  I JUST COMMAND IT AND IT IS SO.  PART OF THE
BENEFIT OF BEING AN ALMIGHTY BEING AND ALL THAT, YOU KNOW.  GOES WITH THE
TERRITORY.  SO, ANYWAY, YOU'VE COME TO SEE ME."
  "Uh, yeah.  Seems I've sorta died or something?"
  "YEAH, TOUGH BREAK, THAT.  HAPPENS TO EVERYONE, YOU KNOW.  I'VE SORTA PUT A
TIMER ON EVERYONE, SO TO SPEAK.  LOOKS LIKE YOURS WENT OUT JUST ABOUT THE SAME
TIME YOU THREW YOURSELF IN FRONT OF THAT TRAIN, YES?"
  "Well, I didn't exactly _throw_ myself--"
  "WHEN SOMEONE RACES A TRAIN, I CALL IT THROWING, OKAY?  I'M ALLOWED TO DO
THAT, CALL IT THROWING, WHAT BEING GOD AND SUCH.  REMEMBER THAT."
  "Uh, yes sir."
  "SO ANYWAY.  SO BACK TO THIS JUDGEMENT BUSINESS.  PART OF MY JOB IS JUDGING
THE LIVING AND THE DEAD." bzzt "STELLA, PLEASE BRING IN MY JUDGEMENT BOOK.
AND SOME COFFEE."
  bzzt "Yes, sir."
  "NOW WHERE WAS I.  OH YES, THE JUDGEMENT.  YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS?  I
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE BEEN NAUGHTY OR NICE, SORTA LIKE SANTA CLAUS.
EXCEPT IF YOU'VE BEEN NAUGHTY I DON'T JUST DENY YOU PRESENTS, I CAST YOU OUT
OF MY OFFICE AND STRAIGHT INTO ETERNAL DAMNATION.  BUT HEY, IF YOU'VE LIVED A
DECENT LIFE AND HAVEN'T BEEN TOO MUCH OF A JERK, THERE JUST MIGHT BE A PLACE
HERE FOR YOU IN THE FIRM.  GOOD BENEFITS WORKING HERE, YOU KNOW.  AND WE HAVE
A HELLUVA GOOD SOFTBALL TEAM, TOO.  DO YOU PLAY?"
  "Not really, uh..."
  "OF COURSE YOU DO.  OH, HERE'S STELLA WITH MY JUDGEMENT BOOK.  THANKS, HON.
HMM, LET'S SEE... ZEYLAN... ZANDONA, ZAMURSKY, ZEEGO, ZENNA... AH, HERE IT
IS.  ZEYLAN.  WOW."
  "Wow?  What's wow?  What's that mean?"
  "WOW.  I HAD NO IDEA.  OH, AND THIS."
  "What?  What!  What does it say?"
  "OH DEAR."
  "What oh dear!  Is it bad?"
  "LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY.  HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HOT CLIMATES?"
  "That bad, huh?"
  "LOOKS THAT WAY.  SORRY ABOUT THIS, BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT IS, WHAT WITH THESE
STRICT RULES I'VE IMPOSED ON EVERYTHING.  AND ONCE I'VE MADE A LAW IT'S KINDA
SET IN STONE, SO TO SPEAK. HAHAHA.  ANYWAY, OUR SOFTBALL TEAM IS KINDA FULL,
SO I GUESS WE WON'T BE NEEDING YOU.  LOOKS LIKE THEY NEED SOMEONE IN THE HADES
MEGAFURNACE, THOUGH... SO HERE'S YOUR SHOVEL, AND YOUR WHEELBARROW, AND YOUR
ICE WATER... HAHAHA, JUST KIDDING ON THAT LAST PART.  I CRACK MYSELF UP
SOMETIMES."
  "Uh, yeah, hahaha, I guess."
  "NO NEED TO KISS UP NOW, SON.  KINDA LATE IN THE GAME FOR THAT.  ANYWAY,
HERE ARE YOUR WORK ORDERS.  SEE YOU AROUND... NOT.  AHAHAHA, AHEM.  STELLA,
SEND IN THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE."
  "Yes sir.  Mister Blaylock, God will see you now..."

   93Dec29 12:12 pm from Sicko @ BowHead _ Santa Barbara
And I thought I had nothing better to do this christmas vacation..

   93Dec29 1:31 pm from Zeylan @ BowHead _ Santa Barbara
And you were right, Sicko.



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