On a tour of South Carolina, the Pope took a couple of days off to visit the coast for some sightseeing. He was cruising along the beach in the Pope-mobile when there was a frantic commotion just off shore. A helpless man (davidbowden), wearing an orange Clemson jersey, was struggling frantically to free himself from the jaws of a 25-foot shark. As the
pope watched, horrified, a speedboat came racing up with three men wearing garnet USC jerseys. One quickly fired a harpoon into the sharks' side. The other two reached out and pulled the bleeding semiconscious Clemson fan (davidbowden) out of
the water. Then using long clubs, the three beat the shark to death and hauled it, too, into the boat.
Immediately the Pope shouted and summoned them to the beach. "I give you my blessing for your brave actions," he told them. "I heard that there were some bitter hatreds between the Gamecocks and Tigers, but now I have
seen with my own eyes that this is not true".

As the Pope drove off, the boat captain asked his buddies "Who was that"?

"It was the Pope", one replied. "He is in direct contact with God and has access to all of God's wisdom".

"Well," the captain said, "he may have access to Gods' wisdom, but he doesn't know anything about shark fishing.. Check the bait.(davidbowden) I want to make one more run before dark."