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garyanbear · 03-31-2012, 04:09 PM

Alrighty, here's one I heard from a flight attendant on a WestJet flight (any other Canadians out here familiar with their awesome (if often corny) onboard humour?):

While on the Canadian portion of his Papal tour and en route to Toronto, the Pope looked out the window of his chauffeured limousine and it occurred to him how long it had been since he had last driven.
"There's nobody around on this stretch of highway," he thought to himself. "Surely I can convince the chauffeur to let me drive, just for a little while."
So the Pope addressed his chauffeur and requested to drive. While initially hesitant at the scheme, the chauffeur eventually gave in and pulled over so they could switch seats. After all, how does one go about refusing the Pope?
The Pope, pleased with this development, soon began to increase the speed of the limousine. 110 km/h...120 km/h...125 km/h...
The chauffeur protested at breaking the speed limit, but again found himself unable to contest the Pope's will. It is unsurprising then that as they approached the city, an RCMP officer pulled them over for speeding. When the officer reached the driver's side door, the driver's window rolled down and the Pope smiled up at him.
"Is there a problem, officer?"
The confused RCMP officer instructed the Pope to wait and went back to his patrol car, where he radioed his supervisor.
"Sir, I've got a bit of a problem. I've pulled over a limousine on the highway for speeding, but the particular person in the car is...high profile. It might cause political embarrassment to ticket him. What should I do?"

"Well, who is it? Is it the mayor of Toronto? Just give him the ticket."

"No sir, a tad more important than the mayor..."

"The Premier of Ontario? How would letting him get off easy look? Give him the ticket."

"No sir, definitely more important than the Premier."

"The Prime Minister, then? I thought he was on a state visit somewhere..."

"No sir, still more important than the Prime Minister."

"Well who the hell is it?!"

"Well sir I have no idea. But whoever it is, they hired the Pope as their chauffeur."

03-31-2012, 04:09 PM	#4712
garyanbear Member Posts: 16 Karma: 138 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: Kobo	Alrighty, here's one I heard from a flight attendant on a WestJet flight (any other Canadians out here familiar with their awesome (if often corny) onboard humour?): While on the Canadian portion of his Papal tour and en route to Toronto, the Pope looked out the window of his chauffeured limousine and it occurred to him how long it had been since he had last driven. "There's nobody around on this stretch of highway," he thought to himself. "Surely I can convince the chauffeur to let me drive, just for a little while." So the Pope addressed his chauffeur and requested to drive. While initially hesitant at the scheme, the chauffeur eventually gave in and pulled over so they could switch seats. After all, how does one go about refusing the Pope? The Pope, pleased with this development, soon began to increase the speed of the limousine. 110 km/h...120 km/h...125 km/h... The chauffeur protested at breaking the speed limit, but again found himself unable to contest the Pope's will. It is unsurprising then that as they approached the city, an RCMP officer pulled them over for speeding. When the officer reached the driver's side door, the driver's window rolled down and the Pope smiled up at him. "Is there a problem, officer?" The confused RCMP officer instructed the Pope to wait and went back to his patrol car, where he radioed his supervisor. "Sir, I've got a bit of a problem. I've pulled over a limousine on the highway for speeding, but the particular person in the car is...high profile. It might cause political embarrassment to ticket him. What should I do?" "Well, who is it? Is it the mayor of Toronto? Just give him the ticket." "No sir, a tad more important than the mayor..." "The Premier of Ontario? How would letting him get off easy look? Give him the ticket." "No sir, definitely more important than the Premier." "The Prime Minister, then? I thought he was on a state visit somewhere..." "No sir, still more important than the Prime Minister." "Well who the hell is it?!" "Well sir I have no idea. But whoever it is, they hired the Pope as their chauffeur."