St Peter goes into the gatehouse and phones up God, saying, ‘I’ve got 40 Hordies here. Can I let them in?’
God says, ‘We are over the quota on Hordies. Go out and tell them to choose between them which are the 12 most worthy, and I will let just the dozen in.’
Less than a minute later St Peter is on the phone to God again.
‘They’ve gone’, he tells God.
‘What?’ says God, ‘All 40 of them?’
‘No, the gates!’