Three religious leaders (a Baptist preacher, a rabbi and a Catholic priest)
died and showed up to be processed into Heaven at the same time, but found a
large room with hundreds of people milling around. Finally someone with a
clipboard came up to them and took their names. The rabbi asked what was going
on and how long they would have to stay there. The aide explained, "Our
computer is down and we have had to order a new part from IBM. It won't be here
for some time, so to relieve the crowding up here, we'll make a deal with you.
Until we can get to you on our list, we will let you go back to earth and be
anything you want, and it will not count against you."

The preacher thought for a minute and said, "I would like to be an eagle so
that I can soar over our magnificent western vistas." Poof, he was gone.

The rabbi said, "I would like to be a grizzly bear so that I can roam our
untamed wilderness." Poof, he was gone.

The priest thought about the 'social' life that he had given up and asked,
"This will not count against us?"

"Right."

"Well, I would like to be a stud!" Poof, he was gone.

Later after the computer had been fixed, St. Peter was reviewing things with
his aide and asked, "Did you get everyone on the list processed?"

"Yes, I got them all, but one."

"What about the preacher, the rabbi, and the priest?"

"I found the preacher soaring over the Grand Canyon, the rabbi in the
wilderness of Yellowstone, but I haven't found the priest yet. He's somewhere
in northern Minnesota in a snow tire."