A Lawyer and a Pope in Heaven

A lawyer died. At the same moment, the Pope
also died. They arrived at the gates of heaven at
the same moment. They spend the day in
orientation, and as they're getting their heavenly
vestments, the Pope gets a plain white toga 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 live.
The Pope gets what everyone else gets, a replica
of a Holiday Inn room, and the lawyer gets an 18-
room mansion with servants and a swimming pool.

At dinnertime, the Pope receives the standard
meal, a kosher TV dinner, but the lawyer receives
a five-course meal including caviar, prime rib and
chocolate truffles.

By this time, the lawyer is beginning to suspect
that an error has been made, so he asks one of
the angels in charge, "Has there been some kind
of mistake? This guy was the Pope, and he gets
what everyone else gets, and I'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, but you're the first lawyer we've
ever had."