> The Pope took a couple of days off to visit the mountains of
> Alaska for some sightseeing. He was cruising along the
> campground in the
> Pope-mobile when there was a frantic commotion just at the
> edge of the woods.
>
> A helpless environmental activist, wearing sandals, shorts,
> a 'Save the Whales' hat, and a 'To Hell with
> Bush' T-shirt, was screaming
> while struggling frantically, thrashing around trying to
> free himself from
> the grasp of a 10-foot grizzly bear.
>
> As the Pope watched horrified, a group of
> loggers came racing up. One quickly fired a .44
> magnum into the
> bear's chest. The other two reached up and pulled the
> bleeding,
> semi-conscious tree hugger from the bear's grasp. Then,
> using long clubs, the
> three loggers finished off the bear and two of them threw
> it into the bed of
> their truck while the third tenderly placed the injured
> tree hugger in the back
> seat.
>
> As they prepared to leave, the Pope summoned
> them to come over. 'I give you my blessing for your
> brave actions!' he told
> them. 'I heard there was a bitter hatred between
> loggers and
> environmental activists, but now I've seen
> with my own eyes that
> this is not true.'
>
> As the Pope drove off, one of the loggers
> asked his buddies, 'Who was that guy?'
>
> 'It was the Pope,' another replied. 'He's
> in
> direct contact with heaven and has access to all
> wisdom.'
>
> 'Well,' the logger said, 'he may have access
> to all wisdom, but he sure don't know anything about
> bear hunting! Is the
> bait holding up, or do we need to go back to Massachusetts
> and get another
> one?