Benny was speaking with a friend and boasted that he was personal friends with everyone in the the world. How could this be, his friend exclaimed!
I'll prove it. Just name three people at random and we will pay each one of them a visit.
His friend was up to the challenge and asked do you know Bill Gates?
Benny said sure I know Bill for many years and to prove it they went to his house and had a picnic.
Benny was then challenged if he personally knows Bill Clinton.
Sure I do, so they went to his house and played a round of Golf.
Surely there is one person you don't know. You can't know the Pope.
So they journeyed to the Vatican. On the way to Rome Benny explained to his friend that the Vatican guards would never let him through, so he would have to stay in the courtyard.
To prove the Pope was a personal friend they agreed that Benny would walk out on the third floor balcony with his arm around the Pope's shoulders and they would both wave to everyone.
That would surely prove you know him.
When the two people appeared on the third floor balcony, a visitor in the courtyard looked up and pointed to the two waving figures and shouted -
WHO IS STANDING WITH BENNY?
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Last revised on 05-26-2002 by Steve Feld