This one's called Frank and the Pope. It's long. Bear with me, here:
So there's this average-sized town which, due to a huge flaw in city planning, only has one grocery store. The store only has one checkout (for some reason), and the only cashier who works there is named Frank. So, of course, everybody in town knows him. Eventually, the shop's manager gets sick and tired of hearing "Hey Frank", "How ya doin', Frank?" etc, etc. every day. So he goes up to Frank and says "I'm sorry, Frank, but I'm gonna have to get a new cashier." Frank, not wanting to lose his job, asks why, and the manager tells him. Frank says "Well, I bet there's SOMEONE who doesn't know me." The manager concedes that, yes, that's probably true. So, he decides to test this by taking Frank to see the mayor.
As Frank and the manager are walking up the stairs to the mayor's office, the mayor is walking down the stairs, and they meet in the middle. The mayor immediately says "Hey, Frank! How are you?" The manager sighs in exasperation and Frank just shrugs. "Well," says the manager, "I guess that wasn't a good test, since the mayor shops at our store too... Frank, I'm gonna take you to someone more important than the mayor; I'm taking you to the governor."
So, later, Frank and the manager are walking up the stairs to the governor's office, and the governor is walking down the stairs, and they meet in the middle. The governor says "Hey Frank! How have you been?" The manager lets out another exasperated sigh. At this point, he's given up and just wants to prove a point, so he says "Frank, I'm gonna take you to someone more important than the mayor and the governor combined! I'm taking you to the president of the United States."
So, at the white house, after managing to gain an audience with the president, Frank and the manager are escorted into the oval office. The president looks up from his work and says "Well, if it isn't my old buddy Frank!" The manager, who's really rustled off now, says "Frank, I've had it! I'm taking you to someone more important than the mayor, more important the governor, even more important than the president of the United States! Frank, I'm taking you to the pope!"
At the Vatican, Frank and the manager are invited to a sporting event by the pope, but otherwise don't speak to him much, although they get the honor of sitting next to him. The manager gets up to get something to eat, and runs into a group of Catholic nuns. The nuns pull the manager aside, point up to where Frank and the pope are sitting, and one asks "Hey, who's that old guy sitting next to Frank?"
_________________ That's me. I transcend.
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