HUMOR: museum people

[Betty Cunningham <bettyc@flyinggoat.com>]

from sci.bio.paleontology

Engineering Calculations wrote:
> 
> Then there was this plane crash. There was a Museum Docent, a Curator
> of Vertebrate Paleontology and the Museum Director who were killed and
> go up before St. Peter..
> 
> Saint Peter tells them there is a test to get into heaven as heaven is
> pretty crowded.. First he shows a saber tooth cat skull to the docent
> and asks him to give its common name. The docent replys "saber tooth
> cat" and is admitted to heaven.
> 
> Next, St. Peter asks the curator to give its scientific name. He
> quickly says, "Smilodon Californius" and St. Peter says, go right in.
> 
> St. Peter then quickly places the skull behind his back and says to
> the Museum Director, OK, what's its catalog number?