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  • Do you know that the only dog ever struck by lightning was right here in Egypt?

  • Wish I'd met you before we were dead.

  • You know, technically, we could cross off two items.

  • See the pyramids and witness something majestic.

  • This is about as majestic as it gets.

  • Wait till you see my mountain.

  • Oh, yeah.

  • Your mountain.

  • Still, this ain't half bad.

  • You know, the ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death.

  • When their souls got to the entrance to heaven, the gods asked them two questions.

  • Their answers determined whether they were admitted or not.

  • Okay.

  • I'll bite.

  • What were they?

  • Have you found joy in your life?

  • Uh-huh.

  • Answer the question.

  • Me?

  • Yeah, you.

  • Answer the question.

  • Have I found joy in my life?

  • Yes.

  • Yes.

  • Has your life brought joy to others?

  • Oh, this type of question, I...

  • I don't know.

  • I don't think about how other people gauge.

  • Ask them.

  • I'm asking you.

  • Fine.

  • Fine.

  • Let me put it to you this way.

  • After the breakup and the ensuing fleecing of the dad, Emily went to live with her mother.

  • You know, you try to stay close, but it gets down to holidays, phone calls, birthday cards, you know.

  • Anyway, Emily goes to college, joins one of her save the poor people, the animals, whatnot, meets a guy, decides she loves him.

  • Good-looking kid, driven, smart.

  • But there was something about him, so...

  • When she said they were engaged, I told her I was against it, but being my daughter, naturally.

  • She went ahead and married him anyway.

  • Needless to say, I wasn't invited to the wedding.

  • That must have hurt.

  • You think?

  • First time he hit her, she came to me.

  • I wanted to bash his brains in.

  • She wouldn't let me.

  • Said she loved him, said it wasn't his fault, he'd had a few drinks.

  • She was the one who picked the fight.

  • Next time it happened, she didn't come to me.

  • The ex told me.

  • Nice to hear her voice again.

  • What did you do?

  • What any father would do.

  • I took care of it.

  • I called a guy who called a guy who handles these kinds of things.

  • Don't know what he said, don't know what he did.

  • But all I know is he didn't kill him, and my daughter never heard from him again.

  • How did she react?

  • Called me names you wouldn't believe, and worse.

  • Said I was dead to her.

  • I'm not proud of everything I did.

  • I'm pretty sure I'd do it all again.

  • So they don't let me into Egyptian heaven because my daughter hates me?

  • Well, then I guess that's just the way it goes.

  • However you answer your two questions.

Do you know that the only dog ever struck by lightning was right here in Egypt?

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