Rich Man Joke

There once was a rich man who was near death.

 He was very grieved because he had worked so

 hard for his money and he wanted to be able to

 take it with him to heaven. So the rich man began to pray that he might be able to take some of his wealth

 with him.

An angel hears his plea and appears to him.

 "Sorry Rich Man, but you can't take your wealth with you."

 The man implores the angel to speak to God to

 see if He might bend the rules. The man

 continues to pray that his wealth could follow him.

 The angel reappears and informs the man that

 God had decided to allow him to take one suit-

 case with him. Overjoyed, the man gathers his

 largest suitcase and fills it with pure gold bars

 and places it beside his bed.

 Soon afterward the man dies and shows up at

 the Gates of Heaven to greet St. Peter. Peter

 seeing the suitcase says, "Hold on, you can't

 bring that in here!" But, the man explains to

 Peter that he has permission and asks him to

 verify his story with the Lord.

 Sure enough, Peter checks and comes back

 saying, "You're right. You are allowed one carry-on

 bag, but I'm supposed to check its contents before

 letting it through." Peter opens the suitcase to

 inspect the worldly items that the man found too

 precious to leave behind and exclaims,

 "You brought pavement?!?"