St Peter looked up and over 1000 folks from New Orleans were
> converging on the Pearly Gates. Never having had more than one or two
> persons a day from New Orleans before, he ran to God and asked him
> what to do. God told him, "Don't worry, St Peter. There's been a
> terrible flood in New Orleans. That's the reason for the large number
> of New Orleanians showing up at once."
> St Peter ran back to the Pearly Gates and then ran right back to God
> yelling, "They're gone, they're gone!"
> God said calmly, "St Peter, those 1000 people from New Orleans coul d
not
> be gone that quickly."
> St Peter said, "No, the Pearly Gates! They're gone!"
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