The Pope speeding.

The Pope was visiting the U.S. and had spent a busy day in D.C. addressing the U.S. Congress and meeting with top political and religious figures. Afterwards, his chauffeur took him for an evening tour of some of the city’s beautiful monuments. At the end of the evening the chauffeur asked the Pope if there was anything else he would like to see or do. The Pope thought for a minute and then replied “Yes, there is something I would love to do! When I was a younger man I loved to drive cars, but I haven’t had the opportunity to do that for a long time. I wonder - would you allow me to drive back to my hotel?” The chauffeur agreed, and they changed places, the Pope switching to the driver’s seat and the chauffeur climbing into the back. The Pope turned out to be a very good driver, and the traffic was light, so when the Pope was driving down Connecticut Avenue to his hotel he decided to speed up a bit. He ended up driving much faster than the speed limit and got pulled over by a motorcycle cop. The policeman walked up the the limo, took a good look, and then hurried back to his motorcycle and called the Sergeant -in-charge at his Precinct: Officer: “Sergeant, I’ve got a real predicament here.” Sergeant: “What happened?” Officer: “I pulled over a limo for speeding, and there is a very important person in it.” Sergeant: “Well who? A Congressman?” Officer: “No. More important!” Sergeant: “A Senator?” Officer: “No. More important.” Sergeant: “The Vice President?” Officer: “More important!!” Sergeant: “Well damn it, Officer. Just tell me who it is.” Officer: “I actually don’t know - but he must be extremely important because he’s using the Pope as his chauffeur!”