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Later on [our North Korean guide] says he has a joke he shouldn’t tell us but feels he has to anyway. St. Peter is admitting people into heaven, but before opening the pearly gates he asks them to demonstrate whatever it is they were most known for doing on earth. Leonardo Da Vinci steps up and St. Peter says, ‘What were you famous for?’ and Da Vinci whips out a paintbrush and creates a masterpiece. ‘Very good,’ St. Peter smiles and lets him in. Albert Einstein steps up, produces a complex mathematical equation, and St. Peter smiles and lets him in. George W. Bush appears and St. Peter asks him to demonstrate what he was most famous for. ‘I don’t understand what you’re asking,’ Bush replies. ‘Well,’ St. Peter says, ‘Da Vinci made us a painting and Albert Einstein produced a mathematical equation.’ ‘Da Vinci? Einstein? Who are they?’ Bush asks. St. Peter smiles and lets him in.
— “Dak-Ho.” An American Tourist in North Korea, 2007 [http://www.aboutnorthkorea.com].
