Have to share this one from a book I'm reading:
Saint Peter, on duty at the Pearly Gates, is feeling tired one day. Christ comes along and offers to take over for a bit, give him a wee break (the book is set in Glasgow). "Fine", says Peter, and away he goes, leaves him to it. So Christ's sitting there, and after a while this old boy comes doddering up to the gates, asks if he can get in. Well, Christ goes through the procedure like, asks him about his life. And the more the old boy tells him, the more interested Christ gets.
"I grew up in a small town", he says," I was a carpenter."
"Oh aye?" says Christ.
"I only had the one son, and I wanted him to follow me into the business."
"Uh huh?"
"But God had other plans for him. My son left home and went out into the world."
"Aye?"
"He became very famous."
And by this time Christ is so excited, he can't keep it in any longer. He shouts out "Father!"
And the old boy looks at him and says "Pinnocchio?"
