Pearly gates
Posted by: tz8cy5 <tz8cy5@...>
is a grubby guy who's dressed in sunglasses, a loud shirt, leather
jacket, and filthy jeans. Saint Peter addresses this guy, "Who are you,
so that I may know whether or not to admit you to the Kingdom of Heaven?"
The guy replies, "I'm Joe Polychronopolos, taxi-driver, of Noo Yawk
City." Saint Peter consults his list. He smiles and says to the
taxi-driver, "Take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the
Kingdom of Heaven."
The taxi-driver goes into Heaven with his robe and staff, and it's the
minister's turn. He stands erect and booms out, "I am Joseph Snow, pastor
of Saint Mary's for the last forty-three years." Saint Peter consults his
list. He says to the minister, "Take this cotton robe and wooden staff
and enter the Kingdom of Heaven."
"Just a minute," says the minister. "That man was a taxi-driver and he
gets a silken robe and golden staff. How can this be?"
"Up here, we work by results," says Saint Peter. "While you preached,
people slept; while he drove, people prayed."