From: Todd E Van Hoosear (vanhoose@manetheren.cl.msu.edu)
Date: 10/19/03
[Forwarded by Ian Stanton]
On a tour of Florida, the Pope took a couple of days off to visit the
coast for some sightseeing. He was cruising along the beach in the Pope
mobile when there was a frantic commotion just off shore. A helpless
man,wearing a Yankees jersey, was struggling frantically to free
himself from the jaws of a 25-foot shark.
As the Pope watched, horrified, a speedboat came racing up with three
men wearing Boston Red Sox jerseys aboard. One quickly fired a harpoon
into the shark's side. The other two reached out and pulled the
bleeding, semi-conscious Yankees fan from the water. Then using
(autographed Nomar) baseball bats, the three heroes beat the shark to
death and hauled it into the boat also.
Immediately the Pope shouted and summoned them to the beach. "I give
you my blessing for your brave actions," he told them. "I heard that there
was some bitter hatred between Red Sox and Yankee fans, but now I have
seen with my own eyes that this is not the truth." As the Pope drove
off, the harpooner asked his buddies "Who was that?" "It was the Pope,"
one replied. "He is in direct contact with God and has access to all of
God's wisdom."
"Well," the harpooner said, "he may have access to God's wisdom, but he
doesn't know *** about shark fishing.... how's the bait holding up?"
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