A friend sent me this. I hadn’t heard it before.
Subject: A New England Story
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> > A New Englander dies and is sent to hell. He had been
> > a horrible man throughout life and even the devil
> > wanted to punish him, so he puts him to work breaking
> > up rocks with a sledgehammer. To make it worse he
> > cranks up the temperature and the humidity.
> > “Love my kingdom!” laughs the devil.
> >
> > After a couple of days the devil checks in on his
> > victim to see if he is suffering adequately. The devil
> > is aghast as he looks at the New Englander happily
> > swinging his hammer and whistling a happy tune. The
> > devil walks up to him and says, “I don’t
> > understand this. I’ve turned the heat way up, it’s
> > humid, you’re crushing rocks; why are you so happy?”
> >
> > The New Englander, smiling big, looks at the devil and
> > replies, “This is great! It reminds me of August in
> > New England! ! . Hot, humid, a good place to work. It
> > reminds me of home. This is fantastic!”
> >
> > The devil, extremely perplexed, walks away to ponder
> > the New Englander’s remarks. Then he decides to drop
> > the temperature, send down driving rain and torrential
> > wind. Soon, hell is a wet, muddy mess. Walking in mud
> > up to his knees with dust blowing into his eyes, the
> > New Englander is happily slogging through the mud
> > pushing a wheelbarrow full of crushed rocks.
> > Again, the devil asks how he can be happy in such
> > conditions. The New Englander replies, “This is great!
> > Just like April in New England. It reminds me of
> > working out in the fields with spring planting!” The
> > devil is now completely baffled.
> >
> > Angry, and desperate to make hell really hell, he
> > tries one ! ! last ditch effort. He makes the
> > temperature plummet. Suddenly hell is blanketed in
> > snow and ice. Confident that this will
> > surely make the New Englander unhappy.
> > The devil checks in on the New Englander. He is aghast
> > at what he sees. The New Englander is dancing,
> > singing, and twirling his sledgehammer as he cavorts
> > in glee.
> >
> > “How can you be so happy? Don’t you know it’s 40 below
> > zero!?” screams the devil.
> >
> > Jumping up and down the New Englander throws a
> > snowball at the devil and yells, “Hell’s frozen over!!
> > This means the Sox won the World Series!!!