I have heard some of the funniest stories today about this Pope and his interaction with others.
Someone on MSNBC earlier said one of JPII's legacies is his having opened the world's eyes to the way it has "bored itself" -- that we as a race have taken the vitality out of life and somehow we've convinced ourselves that there's nothing left to aspire to, spiritually or artistically, or what have you. That's an incredible thing for a Pope to say. And he's right!