The Pope had just finished a tour of the East Coast and was taking a limousine to the airport. Having never driven a limousine before, the Pope asked the chauffeur if he could drive for while. The chauffeur agreed and got in the tinted window passenger section. The Pope drove onto Highway 95 and decided to see just what the limousine could do. Before he realized it, he had the car going 90 miles an hour.

Suddenly he spotted blue flashing lights from a highway state trooper's car in the rearview mirror. The Pope carefully pulled over to the side of the road and a state trooper approached the car. When the trooper approached the window of the limousine, he immediately recognized the driver and said, "Just a minute, please. I need to call in the department." The trooper called the department and told the chief he had a REALLY important person pulled over and asked the chief how he should handle it.

The chief asked, "Is it the mayor?"

To which the trooper replied, "No sir, this guy's more important than the mayor."

The chief then asked, "Is it the governor?"

Again the trooper said, "No sir, he's more important."

The chief tried again and asked, "Is it the president?"

The trooper replied, "No, sir, he's got to be even more important than the president."

Frustrated, the chief finally asked the trooper, "Well, who is it then?"

To which the trooper replied,"I don't know, sir, but he's so important that he has the Pope as his chauffeur!"