A priest died and was waiting in line at the Pearly Gates.
Ahead of him is a guy with sunglasses, Wellington boots, leather jacket, and jeans wearing a large watch.
St. Peter addresses this cool 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 Jack, retired Army helicopter pilot from Illinois '.
Saint Peter consults his list, smiles and says to the pilot, 'Take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the Kingdom.' The pilot goes into Heaven with his silken robe and golden staff.
Next, it's the priest's turn.
He stands erect and booms out, 'I am Father Bob, Pastor of Saint Mary's in Pasadena for the last 43 years.'
Saint Peter consult s his list and says to the priest, 'Take this cotton robe and wooden staff and enter the Kingdom.
'Just a minute,' says the good father, 'that man was a helicopter pilot and he gets a silken robe and golden staff and I get only cotton and wood. How can this be?'
'Up here - we go by results,' says Saint Peter.
'When you preached - people slept.
(My brother, John, heard the prayers.)
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