On a tour of Texas, the Pope took a couple of days off to visit the
Gulf 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 Texas Longhorns 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 Texas Aggie jerseys on board. One quickly fired a harpoon
into the sharks' side. The other two reached out and pulled the
bleeding, semi-conscious Horns fan from the water. Then, using their
bare fists the three heroes' in the Aggie jerseys beat the shark to
death and hauled it up into the boat.
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 the Aggie and Horns 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 Gods wisdom."
"Well," the harpooner said, "he may have God's wisdom, but he doesn't
know jack about shark fishing... how's the bait holding up?"
