After a long illness, a woman died and arrived at the
Gates of Heaven.  While she was waiting for Saint Peter to
greet her, she peeked through the Gates. She saw a
beautiful banquet table. Sitting all around were her
parents and all the other people she had loved and who had
died before her. They saw her and began calling greetings
to her -- "Hello" "How are you! We've been waiting for
you!" "Good to see you."

When Saint Peter came by, the woman said to him, "This is
such a wonderful place! How do I get in?"

"You have to spell a word," Saint Peter told her.

"Which word?" the woman asked.

"Love."

The woman correctly spelled "Love" and Saint Peter
welcomed her into Heaven.

About six months later, Saint Peter came to the woman and
asked her to watch the Gates of Heaven for him that day.
While the woman was guarding the Gates of Heaven, her
husband arrived.

"I'm surprised to see you," the woman said. "How have you been?"

"Oh, I've been doing pretty well since you died," her 
husband told her.  "I married the beautiful young nurse
who took care of you while you were ill. And then I won
the lottery. I sold the little house you and I lived in
and bought a big mansion. And my wife and I traveled all
around the world. We were on vacation and I went water
skiing today. I fell, the ski hit my head, and here I am.
How do I get in?"

"You have to spell a word," the woman told him.

"Which word?" her husband asked.

"Czechoslovakia."

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