Was just clearing out e-mails and I'm not sure if this one's been posted here already or not.
On a tour of Victoria, 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 Collingwood jumper, was struggling frantically to free himself from the jaws of a 25-foot white pointer shark.
As the Pope watched, horrified, a speedboat came racing up with three men wearing Richmond jumpers.
One quickly fired a harpoon into the sharks' side. The other two reached out and pulled the bleeding, semiconscious Collingwood fan from the water.
Then using long clubs, the three beat the shark to death and hauled it, too, into the boat. Immediately, the
Pope shouted and summoned them to the beach.
"I give you my blessing for your brave actions," he said. "I have been told about there being bad blood between Collingwood and Richmond but now I have seen with my own eyes that this is not true."
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 jack about shark fishing. Is the bait holding up O.K., or do we need to get another one?"
On a tour of Victoria, 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 Collingwood jumper, was struggling frantically to free himself from the jaws of a 25-foot white pointer shark.
As the Pope watched, horrified, a speedboat came racing up with three men wearing Richmond jumpers.
One quickly fired a harpoon into the sharks' side. The other two reached out and pulled the bleeding, semiconscious Collingwood fan from the water.
Then using long clubs, the three beat the shark to death and hauled it, too, into the boat. Immediately, the
Pope shouted and summoned them to the beach.
"I give you my blessing for your brave actions," he said. "I have been told about there being bad blood between Collingwood and Richmond but now I have seen with my own eyes that this is not true."
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 jack about shark fishing. Is the bait holding up O.K., or do we need to get another one?"
