The Pope In A Contest With A Jew
One day, a very long time ago, the pope was looking out over his balcony and couldn't help but notice a bunch of Jews walking around on the street.
He could tell because they were Hassidic Jews with the black hats and the dreadlocks. Well, this disturbed the pope. The next day he made a proclamation that all of the Jews had to leave Rome. He figured that Rome was the centre of the Roman Catholic Church and it shouldn't be a home for the Jews.
A bunch of Jews went to the pope and said, "Your holiness! Your holiness! That's not fair, you can't just kick us out, we've lived here over 800 years. You're the pope you're supposed to be a fair guy!"
The pope thinks about this for a moment and says, "You're right, I am the pope and I have to be a fair guy, we'll have a contest ... a contest of symbolism.
If I win, you have to leave, if you win, you can stay." The pope thinks to himself that he has this contest all locked up.
The Jews figure this is the best chance they are going to get so they agree. They set a day to meet at the Colosseum.
The big day comes and the Colosseum is packed.
The pope walks out to thunderous applause and the crowd cheering, "Pope! Pope! Pope!" He looks great, he's wearing the robes and the hat and looks just totally decked out for the occasion. He points to a small group of Jews and says, "All right, who do you have?"
The Jews didn't even know if this contest was a team sport or an individual competition. So they push out Moshe, Moshe the puppet maker.
Just when they push Moshe out, the crowd starts to offer a little polite applause and Moshe figures to himself, "What do I have to lose?"
- The pope says, "I will make the first symbol."
And then with a mighty gesture he raises both arms to the sky.
Moshe looks at him and points to the ground.
- The pope furls his brow and holds up one hand with one finger raised, so that all can see.
Moshe shrugs and holds up three fingers to the pope.
- The pope starts to sweat a little. He reaches into his robes and pulls out some wine and a holy wafer.
Moshe reaches in his pocket and pulls out an apple.
The pope throws up his arms and shouts, "That's it the Jews win, they can stay!" and storms off.
All of the cardinals and the bishops chase after the pope and ask, "What happened?"
The pope says, "I can't believe it!
- First I said, God is everywhere, and he reminds me, the pope, that God is here.
- Then I said there is only one god, and he, a Jew, reminds me, the pope, of the trinity.
- But the last straw was when I pulled out the wine and the wafer reminding us of Jesus' sacrifice to man, and
he pulled out the apple reminding us of original sin."
All of the cardinals and the bishops sighed and mumbled, "Whoa, those Jews are one clever bunch."
MEANWHILE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN ....
All the Jews gathered around Moshe and said, "Moshe, Moshe, what happened?"
- "Ah, it was nothing. First he said, Get out of town! and I said, were staying.
- Then he said, to hell with you, and I said, to hell with you three times....."
- "Then he pulled out his lunch, and I pulled out mine."
Link:
http://www.jokelibrary.net/religion/c_Pope.html#the_popes_photograph