Patrick Manning decided to take a stroll one day and he got a massive heart attack. He fell to the ground and a pedestrian decided to call an ambulance. About one hour later, the ambulance came, picked up Mr Manning and carried him to the hospital. As the ambulance arrived at the front of the hospital, it broke down, so the attendants carried Mr Manning on foot. The waiting room was over crowded and there was a short staff that evening. So poor Patrick Manning died, while waiting to be attended to by an Emergency Doctor.
Manning opened his eyes and realised that he was standing by the gates leading to heaven. He was warmly greeted by an Angel, who explained the new policy in heaven. The Angel said:
"We like to give people a choice; so we decided to allow people to spend one day in heaven and one day in hell."
Manning responded: "Well you don't have to do that with me. I have already made up my mind. I am a Christian and I want to go to Heaven.
The Angel smiled and said in an apologetic tone: "Sorry, it is our new standard policy. Please allow me to take you to hell, where you will spend one day in there."
So the Angel carried Patrick Manning to an elevator that went all the way down. When Mr Manning stepped out of the elevator, the Angel disappeared along with the elevator.
Manning was amazed by what he saw. He noticed a green lush golf course and all his friends looking so happy, eating , drinking and playing golf. His friends eventually noticed Manning and ran across to warmly greet him. The Devil himself came up to Manning, shook his hand and offered him a tequila. Manning politely refused, indicating that he was a Christian. The Devil replied:
" Mr Manning you are in hell right now. Please feel free to have anything. We have champagne, tequila, lobster, cavier...Enjoy yourself, there are no rigid rules down here."
So Manning was so pleased and decided to take the Devil's advice. He spoke with the Devil for a long time and found him to be such an affable and gracious host. He lost track of time and felt sorry after the Angel arrived to indicate to Manning that his time was up. Manning said goodbye to the Devil and all his friends and left hell.
The Angel took Mr Manning back into the elevator and went all the way up to Heaven. Manning noticed that Heaven was different from hell. There were a lot of people whom he did not know, the food was nice but not as fantastic as what he had in hell and the place was very dingy looking and the people were poorly dressed. So when the Angel arrived, he asked Mr Manning which place he preferred. Mr Manning replied:
"I never dreamed that I would ever say this but I prefer hell over Heaven. The Angel said, "Very well" and took Mr Manning back to the elevator.
Manning went all the way down to Hell in the elevator but this time, the Angel did not escort him. As the elevator opened, Manning was horrified at what he saw. All his friends were homeless and shackled, they seemed to be in a great deal of pain and their bodies were covered in soot. Mr Manning saw a scorched blackened earth and there was garbage everywhere. The Devil recognized Mr Manning and approached him very quickly. Mr Manning began to stammer:
" But what happen here? Yesterday, there was a lush green golf course and you were servicing tequila, champagne and cavier!"
The Devil smiled triumphantly and said:
"Ahhh! We were campaigning for you yesterday and today, you voted for us!" 
