Janet, a teacher, Joe, a garbage
collector, and Hillary, a politician wound up
together at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter informed them
that in order to get into Heaven, they would each
have to answer one question.
St. Peter addressed Janet the teacher and asked,
"What was the name of the ship that crashed into
the iceberg? They just made a movie about it."
The teacher answered quickly, "That would be the
Titanic." St. Peter let her through the gate.
St. Peter turned to Joe the garbage man and, figuring
Heaven didn't really need all the odors that this guy
would bring with him, decided to make the question a
little harder: "How many people died on the
ship?"
Fortunately Joe had just seen the movie.
"1,228," he answered.
"That's right! You may enter."
St. Peter turned to Hillary and said,
"Name them."