A nautical tale ....

On a tour of England, the Pope took a couple of days off of his itinerary to visit the East coast and in particular, Great Yarmouth, on an impromptu sightseeing trip.

His Pope mobile was driving along the golden sands when there was an enormous commotion heard just off the headland. They rushed to see what is was and upon approaching the scene the Pope noticed just outside the surf, a hapless man wearing an The Scum Town football shirt, struggling frantically to free himself from the jaws of a twenty foot shark.

At that moment a speedboat containing three men in Norwich City football shirts roared into view from around the headland. Spontaneously, one of the men took aim and fired a harpoon into the sharks' ribs, immobilising it instantly. The other two reached out and pulled the The Scum man from the water, and then, using long clubs, beat the shark to death.

They bundled the bleeding, semi-conscious man into the speed boat along with the dead shark and prepared for a hasty retreat, when they heard frantic shouting from the shore. It was, of course, the Pope. He summoned them to the beach.

Upon reaching the shore the Pope went into raptures about the rescue and said " I give you my blessing for your brave actions. I had heard that there were some racist and xenophobic people trying to divide Norfolk and Suffolk, but now I have seen with my own eyes that this is not true. I can clearly see that your society is a truly enlightened example of racial harmony and could serve as a model on which other nations could follow.

He blessed them all and drove off in a cloud of dust and sand. As he departed, the harpoonist 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", the harpoonist replied, "he knows f**k all about shark hunting.

How's that bait holding up or do we need to get another one"?

Posted By: For2Can, Apr 20, 15:56:16