A New York City divorce lawyer died and came before St. peter.
"What exactly have you done to earn eternal happiness? "St. Peter said.
The lawyer recalled that he had given a bum on the street a quarter just the other day. st. peter, nodding grimly, looked over to his assistant Gabriel and asked, "Is that in the records? "
Gabriel nodded, but St. Peter told the lawyer it wasn' t enough.
"Wait, wait, there's more," said the lawyer. he told of tripping over a homeless boy the week before and giving the glad a quarter. gabriel checked the records and confirmed the man's story.
St. Peter contemplated and then asked Gabriel, "What should we do? "
Gabriel glanced at the lawyer disgustedly and said, "I say we give him back his half a buck and tell him to go to hell ."
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What exactly have you done to earn eternal happiness?
What have you done to achieve eternal happiness?
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