A lawyer died. At the same moment, the Pope also died. They arrived at thegates of heaven at the same moment. They spend the day in orientation, andas they're getting their heavenly vestments, the Pope gets a plain whitetoga and wings, like everyone else, and the lawyer gets much finer apparel,made of gold thread, and Gucci shoes.

Then, they get to see where they're going to stay. The Pope gets whateveryone else gets, a replica of a Holiday Inn room, and the lawyer gets an18 room manison with servants and a swimming pool.

At dinnertime, the Pope receives the standard meal, a Manischewitz kosherTV dinner, and the lawyer receives a fine and tasty meal, served on silverplatters.

By this time, the lawyer is beginning to suspect that an error has beenmade, so he asks one of the angels in charge, Has there been some kind ofmistake? This guy was the Pope, and he gets what everyone else gets, andI'm just a lawyer and i'm getting the finest of everything?

The angel replied, No mistake, sir. We've had lots of popes here, butyou're the first lawyer we've ever had.