Feel free to substitute any color of jersey and any school names that are appropriate for your area.




On a tour of Texas, the Pope took a couple of days off his itinerary to
visit the Texas coastline on an impromptu sightseeing trip. His 4X4 Pope
mobile was driving along the beautiful shoreline when there was an enormous
commotion heard just off the headland. They rushed to see what it was and
upon approaching the scene, the Pope noticed in the water a hapless man
wearing an University of Texas football jersey, struggling frantically to
free himself from the jaws of a 25-foot shark.

At that moment a speedboat containing three men wearing Oklahoma Sooner's
football 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 Texas man from the water
and then, using long clubs, beat the shark to death.

They bundled the bleeding, semi-conscious man into the boat along with the
dead shark and then 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 were
some bitter hatred between the people of Texas and Oklahoma, 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 could serve as a model on
which other states 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 don't know nothin' about shark fishing.
Is the bait holding up okay or do we need to get another one?"