One of the first ""Pearly Gates"" jokes A man gets hit by a car and goes to heaven. When he opens his eyes in the after life and gazes upon the pearly gates, his jaw drops. The biggest line he'd ever seen was stretched before him, miles long. He couldn't even see the entrance to heaven. He flags down St. Peter and confronts him. ""Yo! What's with the line?!"" St Peter shrugs, ""I dunno, but people have been dying to get in.""