The Pearly Gates

A minister dies and is waiting in line at the Pearly Gates. Ahead of him is a guy who's dressed in sunglasses, a loud shirt, leather jacket, and 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 Cohen, 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.