The Pope was excited to visit Oregon. He was cruising on a seldom used mountain road in the Pope-Mobile when all of a sudden there was a frantic commotion just at the edge of the woods.

A helpless tree-hugger wearing sandals, shorts, and a "Bush Lied" T-shirt was screaming while he struggled frantically, thrashing around trying to free himself from the jaws of a 10-foot grizzly.

As the horrified Pope watched, a group of loggers came racing up out of the woods from behind the bear. One quickly fired a 44 magnum into the bear's chest. The other two reached up and pulled the bleeding, semi-conscious tree-hugger 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 tree-hugger 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've heard there was a bitter hatred between loggers and 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 old guy?"
“It was the Pope,” another replied. "He's in direct contact with God and has access to all God's wisdom."

"Well,” the logger said, "he may have access to all God's wisdom, but he sure doesn't know crap about bear hunting. By the way, is the bait holding up or do we need to go back to Eugene and grab another one?"
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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. - Robert Heinlein

Excellent. You got the right thread.

I was just looking at past vacation sites and took another look at Crater Lake. Gosh, that place is beautiful. It's been years since I visited, but I remember having a room at the Lodge that overlook that blue, blue water. And some great short hiking trails. I'd love to return some summer.

I don't remember which city/town you live in O, but Portland was one of the nicest places to which I've ventured.
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January 20, 2009 - The End of an Error

Need a keyboard alert for this one too!

here too. I'm glad I got that warnin' on the first one.
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