Pope Joke: The Crossword

[Cousin Ricky]

I had just put my carry-on into the overhead bin and taken my seat, when I looked down the aisle. There was an old white guy wearing a dress and a funny hat making his way back. No, it couldn’t be... it’s... it’s... the pope! Wow, he really does fly coach.
 
I’ve always admired the Jesuits (or at least I did until I read some of Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises), so I thought maybe I’d get a chance to at least say hello. But he was looking straight at the empty seat next to me. Yes, I was going to sit next to the pope!
 
I always do the crossword puzzle in the in-flight magazine, and I wondered if he would do it as well. Sure enough, he pulled out the magazine, flipped to the games section, and started doing the crossword. I thought, maybe he’ll ask for help at some point.
 
About halfway through the puzzle, he turned to me. Yes! With a puzzled look, he asked me, “My child, can you think of a four-letter word for ‘woman’ that ends with U-N-T?”
 
Uh-oh. It can’t be that word. I thought a bit for a moment, and then it came to me. “AUNT!”
 
The supreme pontiff said, “Ah, yes, that word fits, thank you.”
 
He paused a moment, then asked me, “Do you have an eraser?”