St. Peter greeted two newcomers at the Pearly Gates. One was a pope, the other was a lawyer. He ushered The Pope to a small shack and settled him in to his austere quarters; then led the lawyer to a huge, luxuriously appointed mansion.
"I don't understand," the lawyer puzzled. "That man was a Pope, and you gave him a shack. And yet, you've said I am to live in this luxurious, huge mansion. Why?"
"Sir," said St. Peter. "We've had lots and lots of popes, here. But, you, sir, are our very FIRST lawyer."