St Peter wants a day off from the Pearly Gates And so he asks Jesus if he would mind covering a shift. ‘No worries’ says Jesus ‘what do I have to do?’ So Peter says ‘Ah not much, just welcome the souls as they drift through the gates. They will be chuffed to have the main guy to welcome them!’ And so Jesus begins his shift welcoming the good souls through the pearly gates. After a good few million souls have drifted through, he notices one that feels familiar to him. So he pauses the souls passing and says. ‘Hi welcome to Heaven, I’m Jesus filling in for St Pete. Do you mind my asking, what did you do with your time down on Earth?’ The soul says ‘Oh, well I was a carpenter?’ Jesus asks ‘Tell me something significant about your life!’ And the souls says sadly ‘Well, I lost a son before his time.’ Jesus is filled with emotion as he finally asks ‘This son, did he have any identifying marks?’ And the man’s said ‘why yes? He had holes from nails in his hands and in his feet’ Upon which Jesus cried ‘Father!’ And then man replies ‘Pinocchio?’