Hockey Joke... Leafs and Habs fan!

**Darth Xed** · 02-05-2003, 10:01 AM

> On a tour of Florida, the Pope took a couple of days off his itinerary

> to visit the coastline on an impromptu sightseeing trip. His 4X4
> Popemobile was driving along the beautiful shoreline in an area where
> Canadian tourists typically inhabit when there was an enormous
> commotion heard
just
> off the headland. He drove closer to see what it was. Upon
> approaching the scene, he saw a man in the water wearing a Montreal
> Canadiens hockey jersey, struggling frantically to free himself from
> the jaws of a 25-foot shark. At that moment, a speedboat containing
> three men wearing Toronto Maple Leafs jerseys, roared into view from
> around the point.
Immediately,
> one of the men took aim and fired a harpoon into the shark's ribs,
> immobilizing it instantly. The other two reached out and pulled the
> Montreal fan from the water and then, using long clubs, beat the shark

> to death. They then bundled the bleeding, semi-conscious man into the

> boat along with the dead shark and prepared for a hasty retreat when
> they
heard
> frantic shouting from the shore.
>
>
> It was the Pope summoning them to the beach. After they reached
> shore, the Pope praised them for the rescue and said, "I give you my
> blessing
for
> your brave actions. I had heard that there was bitter hatred in your
> country between the fans of the Leafs and the Canadiens, but now I
> have seen with my own eyes this is not true. I can see that your
> society is a truly enlightened example of true harmony and
> companionship and could serve as a model on which other countries,
> like this one, could follow".
>
>

**Cane Says** · 02-05-2003, 01:58 PM

uhhh, Xed, is there supposed to be more to this, like a punchline or something????????

**Darth Xed** · 02-05-2003, 02:08 PM

Originally posted by Cane Says
uhhh, Xed, is there supposed to be more to this, like a punchline or something????????

LOL!! Oh... um... ya! Well..... um... I was just checking if anyone was paying attention... ya, ya THAT'S IT!

Let's try this again:

> On a tour of Florida, the Pope took a couple of days off his itinerary

> to visit the coastline on an impromptu sightseeing trip. His 4X4
> Popemobile was driving along the beautiful shoreline in an area where
> Canadian tourists typically inhabit when there was an enormous
> commotion heard
just
> off the headland. He drove closer to see what it was. Upon
> approaching the scene, he saw a man in the water wearing a Montreal
> Canadiens hockey jersey, struggling frantically to free himself from
> the jaws of a 25-foot shark. At that moment, a speedboat containing
> three men wearing Toronto Maple Leafs jerseys, roared into view from
> around the point.
Immediately,
> one of the men took aim and fired a harpoon into the shark's ribs,
> immobilizing it instantly. The other two reached out and pulled the
> Montreal fan from the water and then, using long clubs, beat the shark

> to death. They then bundled the bleeding, semi-conscious man into the

> boat along with the dead shark and prepared for a hasty retreat when
> they
heard
> frantic shouting from the shore.
>
>
> It was the Pope summoning them to the beach. After they reached
> shore, the Pope praised them for the rescue and said, "I give you my
> blessing
for
> your brave actions. I had heard that there was bitter hatred in your
> country between the fans of the Leafs and the Canadiens, but now I
> have seen with my own eyes this is not true. I can see that your
> society is a truly enlightened example of true harmony and
> companionship and could serve as a model on which other countries,
> like this one, could follow".
>
>
> He blessed them all and drove off in a cloud of dust.
>
>
> As he departed, the harpooner 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 of God's wisdom".
>
>
> "Well," the harpooner replied, "he doesn't know a thing about shark
> fishing. Is the bait holding up okay, or do we need to get another
one?"
>