The Canadian Alliance

 After sitting for many, many years as Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in Parliament,
 four members of the Canadian Alliance pass on and wake up in Hell.
The next day the devil stops in to check on them and sees them dressed in parkas,
 mittens, thermo- lined cowboy boots and stetsons warming themselves around the fire.

 The devil asks them, "What are you doing? Isn't it hot enough for you?

 The four MP's reply, "Well, you know, we're from the Canadian west,
 the land of snow and ice and cold. We're just happy for a chance to warm up a bit,  eh!"

 The devil decides that these four MP's aren't miserable enough and turns up the heat.
 The next morning he stops in again and there they are, still dressed  in parkas, mittens,
 thermo-lined cowboy boots and stetsons. The devil  asks them again,
 "It's awfully hot down here, can't you guys feel it?"

 Again the four MP's reply, "Well, like we told ya yesterday, we're from  the  Canadian west,
 the land of snow and ice and cold. We're just happy for a chance to warm up a little bit, eh!"

 This gets the devil a little steamed up and he decides to fix these fools.
 He cranks the heat up as high as it will go. The dammed are wailing and screaming  everywhere.
 The devil stops by the room containing the four MP's and finds them dressed in light
 cowboy shirts and sombreros, grilling steaks and enjoying Mexican music.

 The devil is astonished, "Everyone down here is in abject misery, and you four
 seem to be enjoying yourselves.

 The four Canadian Alliance MP's reply, "Well, ya know, we don't get too
  much warm weather in the prairies so we've just got to have a cook-out
when the weather's THIS nice, eh!"

The devil is absolutely furious, he can hardly see straight. Finally, he
comes
up with the answer. The four MP's love the heat because they have been
cold all their lives. The devil decides to turn all the heat off in
Hell.

The next morning, the temperature is below zero, icicles are hanging
everywhere: people are shivering so bad that they are unable to do
anything but wail, moan and gnash their teeth. The devil smiles and
heads for the room with the four Canadian Alliance MP's.

He gets there and finds them back in their parks, mittens, thermo-lined
cowboy boots and stetsons. NOW they are jumping up and down,
cheering, yelling and screaming like mad men!!!

The devil is dumbfounded, "I don't understand, when I turn up the
heat, you're happy. Now, it's freezing cold and you're still happy. What

is wrong with you four?"

The four Canadian Alliance MP's look at the devil in surprise, "Well,
don't you know, if Hell freezes over, it must mean the Canadian
Alliance party has won a majority government!"