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ANECDOTE

WHEN PERSONS CAME UP TO HEAVEN, IT WAS ST. PETER'S
JOB TO SHOW THEM AROUND AND HE WOULD TAKE THE NEWCOMERS
TO EVERY ROOM IN HEAVEN, EXCEPT ONE. ON ONE SUCH TOUR,
PETER TOOK SOME PROTESTANTS THROUGH HEAVEN, BUT UPON
COMING TO THE DOOR OF ONE ROOM, HE TIPTOED PAST AND
CAUTIONED HIS CHARGES TO KEEP QUIET. WHEN THEY ASKED
HIM WHY HE DID THIS, HE EXPLAINED, "THAT IS WHERE THE
CATHOLICS STAY WHO THINK THAT THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES
WHO ARE UP HERE."

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote

Date learned: 09-20-1967

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