On a tour of Texas, 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 green and gold PACKERS 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 Chicago Bears jerseys. One

quickly fired a harpoon into the sharks' side. The other two reached out

and pulled the bleeding, semiconscious Packer 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 the brave actions I have witnessed here. I heard

there was some bitter hatred between Green Bay Packers & Bears fans but now

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 a damn thing about shark fishing! Is the bait holding

up okay or do we need to go get us another one?"