English Original
Joe the lawyer died suddenly at the age of 45.
He arrived at the gates of Heaven. An angel standing there said, "We've been waiting a long time for you."
"What do you mean?" he replied. "I'm only 45, in the prime of my life. Why did I have to die now?"
"45? You're not 45, you're 82," replied the angel.
"Wait a minute. If you think I'm 82, then you have the wrong person. I'm only 45. I can show you my birth certificate."
"Hold on. Let me go check," said the angel, disappearing inside. After a few minutes, the angel returned.
"Sorry, but according to our records, you are 82. I checked all the hours you billed your clients, and you have to be 82..."
中文翻译
律师乔在45岁时突然去世。
他来到了天堂门口。一位站在那里的天使说：“我们已经等你很久了。”
“你是什么意思？”他回答。“我才45岁，正值壮年。为什么我现在就得死？”
“45岁？你不是45岁，你是82岁，”天使回答。
“等一下。如果你认为我82岁，那你找错人了。我才45岁。我可以给你看我的出生证明。”
“等等。我去查一下，”天使说着，消失在门内。几分钟后，天使回来了。
“抱歉，但根据我们的记录，你是82岁。我核对了你向客户收费的所有工作时间，你必须是82岁……”