BOB AND THE POPE
Added on: 27th Jan 2016
ONE DAY AT WORK,
BOB WAS BRAGGING THAT HE KNEW
EVERYONE THAT WAS ANYONE.
HIS BOSS, ROD, GOT TIRED OF HIS
BOASTING AND DECIDED TO CHECK IT ALL OUT.
HE SAID, 'OK BOB,
HOW ABOUT CLINT EASTWOOD?
DO YOU KNOW HIM?'
'OH SURE,' SAID BOB.
'HE AND MY DAD SHOOT GROUSE
TOGETHER AND HE'S A GREAT GUY.'
'OK, PROVE IT,' SAID ROD.
'LET'S FLY OUT TO CARMEL, USA
AND YOU CAN INTRODUCE ME.'
'GREAT.' SAID BOB. AND SO THEY DID.
THEY TOOK A TAXI TO MR. EASTWOOD'S
ESTATE, BOB KNOCKS ON THE DOOR,
MR. EASTWOOD OPENS IT AND SHOUTS,
'BOB! HEY, GREAT TO SEE YOU!
YOU AND YOUR FRIEND COME ON IN
AND HAVE LUNCH.'
ROD WAS VERY WAS IMPRESSED
BUT STILL RATHER SCEPTICAL.
WHEN THEY LEFT AFTER LUNCH,
HE SAID, 'THAT WAS A COINCIDENCE THAT
YOU KNEW CLINT EASTWOOD.
HOW ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA?'
'SURE, I KNOW HIM,' REPLIED BOB.
SO, THEY FLY OFF TO WASHINGTON, DC
AND HEAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
AS THEY ARE TOURING THE GROUNDS,
MR OBAMA SEES BOB AND COMES RIGHT OVER SAYING,
'MY WORD, BOB,
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A COUPLE YEARS.
COME ON IN, HAVE SOME COFFEE AND LET'S CATCH UP.'
AFTER A COUPLE HOURS,
BOB AND HIS BOSS, ROD,
ARE ESCORTED OFF THE WHITE HOUSE
GROUNDS AND BOB ASKS HIS BOSS,
'WELL, DO YOU BELIEVE ME NOW?'
HIS BOSS, SHAKEN AND A BIT BEWILDERED,
BUT STILL NOT COMPLETELY CONVINCED SAYS,
'I'LL BELIEVE YOU IF YOU SHOW ME YOU
KNOW ONE MORE PERSON - THE POPE.'
'CERTAINLY,' SAYS BOB,
'I'VE KNOWN POPE BENEDICT SINCE I
WAS JUST A LITTLE KID.
LET'S FLY OVER TO ITALY.'
SO, OFF TO ROME THEY FLY AND JOIN A
MASS OF PEOPLE IN ST PETER'S SQUARE
WAITING TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE POPE.
BOB SAYS, 'THERE'S NO WAY I CAN GET
THE POPE'S ATTENTION WITH ALL THESE
PEOPLE HERE. HOW ABOUT IF I GO TALK TO
ONE OF THE GUARDS I KNOW AND
THEN I'LL COME OUT ON THE BALCONY AND WAVE.'
ROD PATIENTLY WAITS AS BOB HEADS OFF
INTO THE CROWD. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER,
THE POPE EMERGES ON THE BALCONY
AND RIGHT BESIDE HIM IS BOB WAVING TO THE CROWD.
WHEN BOB RETURNED A FEW MINUTES LATER
TO WHERE HE HAD LEFT HIS BOSS,
THERE WERE PARAMEDICS THERE
SURROUNDING HIS BOSS LAYING ON
THE GROUND - HE HAD HAD A HEART ATTACK.
BOB RUSHES UP AND ASKS WHAT HAPPENED.
ROD LOOKS UP AT HIM AND GASPS,
'I WAS DOING OK WHEN YOU CAME OUT
ON THE BALCONY. BUT THEN THE GUY NEXT
TO ME ASKS
'HEY, WHO'S THAT UP ON THERE ON
THE BALCONY WITH BOB?'
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