Once Confucious dreamt that he was taken to meet the Damned in hell. He was very surprised to see that hell was an immaculate banquet with the most delicious food he'd ever seen just waiting to be eaten. But there was a rule, everybody had to eat with chopsticks, and the chopsticks were five feet long. The Damned were starving, because no matter how hard or how long they tried, they never could get the food into their mouth.

Next, Confucious was taken to see heaven. This was again an immaculate banquet with delicious food. This banquet hall had the same rule, everybody had to eat with chopsticks that were five feet long. But people here were happy, because they were feeding each other!