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            <p align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF">HEAVEN - </font><font color="#FFFFFF">The 
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            <p>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, &quot;He just didn't fit in. His role has always been rather 
              mysterious.&quot; <a href="http://www.deathtrapbaby.com/theholyghost/"><u>The 
              Holy Ghost</u></a> has moved south to a waiting position at Satan.com, 
              which is posting record revenues.</p>
            <p>Some of the new standards for entrance into heaven have experts 
              puzzled. One requires that applicants be penitent, not drink Diet 
              Pepsi, wear <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/subgenius/hellsgate/nike3.JPG"><u>black 
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              <a href="http://www.bobsliberace.com/frames1.html"><u>Liberace</u></a>. 
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            <p>Please check the following that would best describe you:<br>
              _sinner<br>
              _pagan<br>
              _whore<br>
              _blasphemer<br>
              _businessman <br>
              _Krishna<br>
              _Bill <a href="http://www.connix.com/%7Erzs/humor/666.html"><u>Gates</u></a></p>
            <p>It has long been feared that heaven would begin to experience a 
              severe population explosion ever since Mormons stopped the practice 
              of polygamy. <br>
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              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.</p>
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