Posted on 08/05/2006 7:39:41 AM PDT by genefromjersey
The Pope took a couple of days off to visit the mountains of Alaska for some sight-seeing. He was cruising along the campground in the Pope mobile when there was a frantic commotion just at the edge of the woods.
A helpless Democrat, wearing sandals, shorts, a "Save the Whales" hat, and a "Bush Lied - People Died" T-shirt, was screaming while struggling frantically, thrashing around trying to free himself from the grasp of a 10 foot grizzly.
As the Pope watched, horrified, a group of Republican loggers came racing up.
One quickly fired a .44 magnum into the bear's chest. The other two reached up and pulled the bleeding, semiconscious Democrat from the bear's grasp. Then using long clubs, the three loggers finished off the bear and two of them threw it onto the bed of their truck while the other tenderly placed the injured Democrat in the back seat.
As they prepared to leave, the Pope summoned them to come over. "I give you my blessing for your brave actions!" he told them. "I heard there was a bitter hatred between Republican loggers and Democratic Environmental activists but now I've seen with my own eyes that this is not true."
As the Pope drove off, one of the loggers asked his buddies "Who was that guy?" "It was the Pope," another replied. "He's in direct contact with heaven and has access to all wisdom."
"Well," the logger said, "he may have access to all wisdom but he sure doesn't know anything about bear hunting! By the way, is the bait holding up, or do we need to go back to Massachusetts and snatch another one?"
Was that the NJ leftist who ran into the woods?
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That was funny ! It sounded like a "Peace Moonbeam" episode. (Peace has been "away" for a few weeks, but her archives are delightful !)
http://peacemoonbeam.typepad.com/
Cute story, however it has one flaw. A 44 mag is not a good choice for bear hunting in AK. In fact there is a true story about 2 guys from MN who were camping in AK and ran into a hunting guide. They told him that they had a 44 mag for bear protection. The guide advised them to file off the front sight so it won't hurt so much when the bear sticks it up their ....
A .44? kanawa used a knife
Alaska ha-ha
You know, I thought about that: Should the story have the Pope taking the two hunters aside,and saying: "In the future,you should consider using a .450 Marlin with hard cast 425 gr slug over 43.8 grains of IMR 7645,with magnum primers,and full-length re-sized cases..." ?
Then I said,Nah. That would probably spoil the joke.
You know, I thought about that: Should the story have the Pope taking the two hunters aside,and saying: "In the future,you should consider using a .450 Marlin with hard cast 425 gr slug over 43.8 grains of IMR 7645,with magnum primers,and full-length re-sized cases..." ?
Then I said,Nah. That would probably spoil the joke.
That's one of the things I LOVE about posting on this site !
There's always a smartass hiding in the html !
Hope your toe is better. We loved the pictures of "The Princess" !
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