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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 the man, "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."

So the cab driver goes into Heaven with his robe and staff, and now it's the minister's turn. He stands erect and proudly booms out, "I am Joseph Snow, pastor of SaintMary's for the last 43 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 cab driver and he got a silken robe and golden staff. That can't possibly be right. How can you possibly justify such a difference in rewards?"

"Up here, we work by results," says Saint Peter. "While you preached, people slept. But while he drove, people prayed."

--From an email