This is my favorite joke ever!
Bubba told his boss that he knew everybody in the world. His boss said, "What? That's impossible. I bet you don't know our president, George W. Bush." Bubba said, "Oh, W and I go way back, I'm from Texas you know." Bubba called up President Bush, and arranged to have dinner with him at the White House. He and his boss flew to Washington and had a nice dinner at the White House with the pres. Bubba's boss was amazed.
But then he said, "Ok, so that was impressive, but I can buy that you might know the president. Now, what about the Queen of England? I'm sure you don't know her." Bubba said, "Oh, sure I know the Queen, I've traveled to England extensively. Let me call her up." And sure enough, Bubba contacted the Queen somehow and before his boss knew it, they were flying to England to have tea with the Queen. Bubba's boss was even more amazed.
But he finally said, "Ok, so it was quite impressive that you knew the president and even the Queen, but there is no way that you know the Pope." Bubba said, "Oh, sure I do. My relatives are from the same area he grew up in. Let's just fly to Rome and then we can meet up with him." So Bubba and his boss fly to the Vatican city. After they get there they find themselves in a large crowd of people. They find that everyone is waiting for the Pope to come out on the balcony and wave to the crowd. Bubba tells his boss to wait there for a minute, he will go to the front of the crowd.
Bubba's boss nods and waits. He finally sees the Pope come out on the balcony, and then, following after him, comes Bubba, also waving to the crowd, standing next to the Pope. He faints.
Bubba comes back to his boss just as he is coming to. "Boss, what happened?" he asks with concern. His boss replies, "Well, I could accept that you knew the president. I could believe that you knew the Queen. I could even handle that you knew the Pope. But when the guy standing next to me in the crowd asked me, 'Who's that standing on the balcony next to Bubba?' it was too much for me to handle."

Lynne

