40 Gypsies arrive at the Pearly Gates in their busses and wagons.
St Peter goes into the gatehouse and phones up God, saying. 'I've got 40 travelers here. Can I let them in?'
God says 'We are over the quota on Gypsies. 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 forty of them?'
'No. The gates!