Some of the jokes here have the theme of musicians in various situations, others have to do with religions, and still others to do with sex. This one has two of the three, I guess:

A man dies and finds himself in line at the pearly gates. The gatekeeper asks the first in line to defend his life, to establish his bona fides, so to speak.

The guy says, "I was the CEO of a Fortune 500 firm, made about 12 million dollars in salary and compensation, and regularly tithed to the Church, plus establishing three foundations for the poor."

St. Peter says, "You were kind to the poor -- go on in."

Second guy says, "I wasn't a CEO, but a lawyer, made $300,000 a year for the last ten years, and always gave at least 5% of that to the charities in my home town. Plus I was a Boy Scout troop leader and did 100 hours of pro bono work each month."

"In you go," says Pete.

The last guy says, "Gee, I never made more than $22,000 in my best year!"

St. Peter says, "So, what instrument do you play?"


A similar joke has the arrivals announcing their occupations. The doctor and lawyer get shown the front gate, but the musician is told, "You may enter Heaven! Just go 'round the back, through the kitchen."


Bob Clayton