Humor 7/14/97: Pope Humor

Hey,

Hope you had a spectacular weekend. I certainly did.

The attached piece was humor was forwarded by Dave Shim. Also, thanks
to all of you for sending me responses to last week's puzzle.

For those of you who have sent me a personal email in the last few
months, I'm really going to try my best to send you a personal email in
response this coming week. I apologize for procrastinating. Your email
has been sitting in my inbox, waiting for me to respond to.

Finally, I'm thinking of throwing a summer party at my place in
Connecticut (if I'm still there in August. My status in CT changes week
to week). I was thinking of either August 9th or 16th. Please let me
know which of those two dates would be better for you. I'll take a look
at the responses and decide on one of those two dates. Hope you can
make it. There's a swimming pool at the apartment complex, and the
beach is also near by. The place is pretty large, so you're welcome
crash there overnight.

Here's the humor:
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There was a Pope who was greatly loved by all of his followers,
a man who led with gentleness, faith and wisdom. His passing was
grieved by the entire world, Catholic or not.

As the Pope approached the gates of heaven it was St. Peter
himself who greeted him with a firm embrace.

"Welcome your holiness, your dedication and unselfishness
in serving your fellow man during your life has earned you
great status in heaven. You may pass through The Gates without
delay and are granted free access to all parts of heaven.
You are also granted an open door policy and may at your
own discretion meet with any heavenly leader, including
the Father without prior appointment,

Is there anything your Holiness desires?"

"Well yes," the Pope replied. " I have often pondered some of
the mysteries which have puzzled and confounded theologians
through the ages. Are there perhaps any transcripts which
recorded the actual conversations between The Lord and the prophets
of old? I would love to see what was actually said, without the
dimming of memories over time."

Saint Peter immediately ushered the Pope to the heavenly library
and explained how to retrieve the various documents. The Pope was
thrilled and settled down to review the history of man's
relationship with The Lord.

Two years later, a scream of anguish pierced the stacks of
the library. Immediately several of the Saints and Angels
came running. There they found the Pope pointing to a single
word on a parchment repeating over and over.

"There's an "R" in it!!!...... There's an "R" in it!!!!......
There's an "R" in it!!!

It's.....It's ....It's CELEBRATE!!!!!