Fishing in Heaven: A Raw Deal for Worms

I guy I knew who was a big fishing nut died last month. I made the comment that he would now get to fish in the eternal river where the fish are always bitin’. That got me to thinking, what would you use for bait in Heaven? It seems like a raw deal for the worms.

Consider the case of Ernie the Earthworm. Ernie has lived a full and saintly life here on Earth. He has done his wormly duty by making compost out of leaves. He has raised his children to be good little worms and he was loving and faithful to his wormly little wife all those months. Now he has passed on and St. Peter has punched his ticket into Heaven.

Ernie is crawling around on the riverbanks of Heaven doing what earthworms are wont to do, when suddenly someone picks him up and impales him on a fishhook. That just doesn’t seem right does it? Maybe they don’t allow fishing and fishhooks in Heaven you say. That doesn’t seem right either. If Heaven is a place of eternal bliss, somebody’s gonna be mad if they can’t go fishing.