Pilot and the Priest
Entering heaven a priest 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 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 Peter, retired Delta Air Lines Pilot from Atlanta."
Saint Peter consults his list. He smiles and says to the
pilot, "Take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the Kingdom."
The pilot goes into Heaven with his robe and 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 consults his list. He 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 pilot and he gets a silken robe and golden staff, and I get
only cotton and wood staff. How can this be?"
"Up here - - we go by results," says Saint Peter, "when you
preached - - people slept; when he flew - people prayed."