LAST EDITED ON 08-28-01 AT 07:43 PM (EST)

A young couple is involved in a fatal car accident the morning before their wedding day. As they sit at the Pearly Gates, they wonder: can they get married in Heaven? When St. Peter arrives, they pose the question to him.

"I don't know," says St. Peter. "No one has ever asked that before. Let me go check."

So off he goes, and a lot of time passes - a couple of months, in fact. Meanwhile, the couple continues to talk about it and they start to realize the drawbacks, what with the eternal aspect and all. What if it doesn't work out?

Another month goes by, and St. Peter finally returns, looking a bit bedraggled.

"Yes," he says. "You can get married in Heaven."

The couple asks, "And just in case something goes wrong - can we get divorced in Heaven, too?"

St. Peter slams down his clipboard in fury, his face turning beet red. The frightened couple recoils. "What's wrong? What have we done?"

St. Peter answers, "It took me three months to find a preacher up here. How long do you think it will take me to find a lawyer?"

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