
Up at the Pearly Gates, all 40 of them are causing a bit of a ruckus and commotion about getting into Heaven, and St. Peter is getting a bit worried by it all.
'Calm down, please, please' he begs, but they keep shouting back at him and they all demand to be let in.
'I can't let you all in at the same time while you're being like this, I'll need to clear it with the boss. You all stay here by the Pearly Gates. I'll be back in an hour or so after I see what God says about all this'.
So, St. Peter goes off to God, and the two have a long conversation, where God lays down judgement that he will only let the best behaved 12 travellers in to start with, and the others can come at a later time when each has calmed down.
St. Peter trundles off back to the Pearly Gates.
A few hours later, St. Peter runs back to God, and - a little out of breath - says,
'You'll never believe this God, but they've gone'.
God replies 'What? All the Travellers'?
'No' says St. Peter, 'The Pearly Gates'.
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'Calm down, please, please' he begs, but they keep shouting back at him and they all demand to be let in.
'I can't let you all in at the same time while you're being like this, I'll need to clear it with the boss. You all stay here by the Pearly Gates. I'll be back in an hour or so after I see what God says about all this'.
So, St. Peter goes off to God, and the two have a long conversation, where God lays down judgement that he will only let the best behaved 12 travellers in to start with, and the others can come at a later time when each has calmed down.
St. Peter trundles off back to the Pearly Gates.
A few hours later, St. Peter runs back to God, and - a little out of breath - says,
'You'll never believe this God, but they've gone'.
God replies 'What? All the Travellers'?
'No' says St. Peter, 'The Pearly Gates'.

turned up on my doorstep a few months ago trying to convince me that my over-100-years-old cast iron veranda was ugly scrap and I should pay him to take it away.
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