lawyer joke

A young lawyer died and went up to face his final appeal, if you will. When he got there, St. Peter glanced at his records and thought for a second, then said to him "young man, it seems you've led a very good life, yet you're a lawyer and we typically send them 'downstairs', so to speak. This is quite a conundrum, so I've talked it over with God and we've decided to make you a deal: we'll show you both heaven and hell and you can make your own decision about where you'd like to spend eternity."

Now the lawyer thought this was pretty strange, but he wasn't about to argue with the Big Guy so he said okay. St. Peter immediately led the way to hell and he peeked inside the flaming gates.

All around him were people partying and laughing, drinking top shelf cocktails from an open bar and flirting wildly with each other as they danced to music played live by all the dead rock stars. The lawyer looked around and thought to himself "Holy s--t, if this is hell, then imagine what heaven must be like! This is going to be great!"

Then he stepped back outside and allowed Peter to lead the way to the pearly gates. Only this time, when he peaked inside their splendor, he saw only people in comfortable business clothes sitting at desks and cheerfully working away. He watched for a moment, puzzled at the apparent calm-but-diligent atmosphere, then turned back to Peter.

"Well," he began, "I never thought I'd say this, but I think I'm going to go to hell, if you don't mind." Peter smiled and nodded, adding a quick "Yeah, most attorneys choose that place" before he led the way back to hell and opened the gates, this time forever. The lawyer ducked inside eagerly, ready to party, but instead found himself knee deep in documents, surrounded by groaning young workers who were struggling to stay upright at their desks while older devils smoking cigars stood over them with whips. "What happened?!!" He yelled to the devil who grabbed him by the collar to lead him to his new life. "I was here just a little while ago and everyone looked so happy!"

The devil just smiled and nodded, "Ah, yes," the devil chuckled. "That was our summer associate program."