The Pope, the Dalai Lama and the Chief Rabbi of Israel are riding a boat on a lake. Suddenly they see a cafe on the shore.
The Rabbi says:
- I'm hungry! - jumped out of the boat and ran on foot across the water to the shore.
The Dalai Lama, after thinking, also got out of the boat and slowly walked across the water after the Rabbi.
The Pope sits and thinks:
How is this possible? These two infidels are walking on the water as if on dry land, so can't I, being the head of the Roman Catholic Church, the vicar of the holy Apostle Peter, repeat the same?
No sooner said than done: the Pope stepped overboard the boat and began to drown.
The Rabbi looks from the shore at the splashing of the Pope and says, turning to the Dalai Lama:
- Perhaps I should have told him about the wooden posts under the water?
- What posts? - the Dalai Lama was surprised