Stax
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On a tour of Australia the Pope took a couple of hours off to visit the coast.
His 4 x 4 Pope-Mobile was driving along the golden sands of one of the beaches near Melbourne when there was an enormous commotion. They rushed to see what it was and upon approaching the scene the Pope noticed just outside the surf, a hapless man wearing a Carlton football jersey, struggling to free himself from the jaws of a 20-foot shark!!!
At that moment a speedboat containing three men wearing Collingwood football tops roared into view. Spontaneously, one of the men took aim at the shark and
fired a spear into its ribs, immobilising it instantly. The other two reached out and pulled the Carlton fan from the water and then, using long clubs, beat the shark to death. They bundled the bleeding, semi-conscious man into the boat along with the dead shark and prepared for a hasty retreat, when they heard frantic calling from the shore..............
It was the Pope, summoning them to the beach. Upon reaching land, the Pope went into raptures about the rescue and said "I give you my blessing for
your brave actions. I'd heard that all football fans were racist, xenophobic people trying to divide the people of the footy world but now I have seen with my own eyes this is not true". "I can see your society is a truly enlightened example of tribal harmony which could serve as a model for other nations". He blessed them all and drove off.
As he departed, the guy who threw the spear asked the others "Who was that?"
"That," one answered "was his Holiness the Pope. He is in direct contact
with God and has access to all God's wisdom"
"Well," he replied, "he knows naff all about shark fishing then. How's the bait holding up or do we need to get another one??"
Stax
His 4 x 4 Pope-Mobile was driving along the golden sands of one of the beaches near Melbourne when there was an enormous commotion. They rushed to see what it was and upon approaching the scene the Pope noticed just outside the surf, a hapless man wearing a Carlton football jersey, struggling to free himself from the jaws of a 20-foot shark!!!
At that moment a speedboat containing three men wearing Collingwood football tops roared into view. Spontaneously, one of the men took aim at the shark and
fired a spear into its ribs, immobilising it instantly. The other two reached out and pulled the Carlton fan from the water and then, using long clubs, beat the shark to death. They bundled the bleeding, semi-conscious man into the boat along with the dead shark and prepared for a hasty retreat, when they heard frantic calling from the shore..............
It was the Pope, summoning them to the beach. Upon reaching land, the Pope went into raptures about the rescue and said "I give you my blessing for
your brave actions. I'd heard that all football fans were racist, xenophobic people trying to divide the people of the footy world but now I have seen with my own eyes this is not true". "I can see your society is a truly enlightened example of tribal harmony which could serve as a model for other nations". He blessed them all and drove off.
As he departed, the guy who threw the spear asked the others "Who was that?"
"That," one answered "was his Holiness the Pope. He is in direct contact
with God and has access to all God's wisdom"
"Well," he replied, "he knows naff all about shark fishing then. How's the bait holding up or do we need to get another one??"
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