Eleanor Roosevelt was a very well known hater of the Marine Corps and wanted her husband to disband them. Well, it seems a Marine had his way with one of her relatives.
Now when Eleanor died and went to heaven, she arrived at the pearly gates where she met St. Peter.
St. Peter said, Eleanor, we have been expecting you, go right on in.
Eleanor said, wait a minute, before I go in I need to ask you a question, is there any Marines in heaven, because I don’t like Marines and I will not enter if they are here.
St. Peter looked at her and said, well, of course there are no Marines in heaven.
She said, ok, but you better not be lying to me.
He said, I am St. Peter, I don’t lie.
So she entered into heaven.
A few days later, St. Peter heard a blood curdling scream and saw Eleanor come running out.
He asked her what was wrong.
She said, you lied to me.
He said, I am St. Peter, I never lie.
She said, well, you lied to me, you told me there were no Marines in Heaven.
St. Peter looked at her and said, I did not lie, there are no Marines here.
She said, well, you lied this time because I just saw a Marine, walking down the street in full dress blues.
St. Peter laughed and said, no, that wasn’t a Marine, that was God, he just likes to think he is a Marine.