A guy from Baltimore dies and is sent to Hell. He had been a

Horrible man his entire life. The devil puts him to work breaking up rocks with

a sledgehammer. To make it worse he cranks up the temperature and

the humidity. After a couple of days, the devil checks in on his

victim to see if he is suffering adequately. The devil is aghast as the

Baltimorean is 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 Baltimorean, with a big smile, looks at the devil and replies,

"This is great! It reminds me of August in Baltimore. Hot, humid, a good

place to work. It reminds me of home. This is fantastic!"





The devil, extremely perplexed, walks away to ponder the

Baltimorean's remarks. Then he decides to drop the temperature,

send down a 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 Baltimorean 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 Baltimorean replies, "This is great! Just like April in

Baltimore. It reminds me of working out in the yard with spring planting!"





The devil is now completely baffled but more determined to make

the Baltimorean suffer. He makes the temperature plummet. Suddenly

Hell is blanketed in snow and ice. Confident that this will surely

make the Baltimorean unhappy, the devil checks in on him. He is

again aghast at what he sees. The Baltimorean is dancing,

singing, and twirling his sledgehammer as he cavorts in glee.





"How can you be so happy? Don't you know its 40 below zero!?"

screams the devil.





Jumping up and down the Baltimorean throws a snowball at the devil

and yells, "Hell's frozen over!! This means the Orioles won the

World Series!!"