An elderly Pope arrives in New York and is picked up at the airport in a limousine.
When he sees the car, he turns to the driver.
Pope:
“Would you mind doing me a favor?”
Driver:
“A favor for the Pope? Of course! Anything!”
Pope:
“I hardly ever get to drive, and I’d really like to drive today. Would you let me?”
The driver is nervous about letting the Pope drive, but he feels he can’t refuse. So he reluctantly lets His Holiness take the wheel.
To the driver’s surprise, the Pope starts the limousine, speeds away, and soon reaches more than 100 mph in a 45 mph zone!
A police car pulls alongside and orders them to stop.
The Pope hits the brakes, and both vehicles come to a stop.
The police officer walks over, looks through the limousine window, and then quickly returns to his patrol car.
He calls his sergeant.
Cop:
“Sir, I have a problem.”
Sergeant:
“What kind of problem?”
Cop:
“I pulled over a driver for speeding, but he’s someone really important.”
Sergeant:
“Important like the mayor?”
Cop:
“No, much more important than that.”
Sergeant:
“The governor?”
Cop:
“Way more important.”
Sergeant:
“The President?”
Cop:
“Even more important than him.”
Sergeant:
“Who could be more important than the President?”
Cop:
“I don’t know, Sarge, but he has the Pope driving for him!”