Ratzinger seems to have first made that joke on himself:
“Manuela Macher, co-owner of the Cantina Tirolese, a Bavarian restaurant near the Vatican where he is a regular, said . . . he was modest, not at all showy for a man of his position, with a dry sense of humor.
“‘Someone lost his dog and put up a sign: Has anyone seen this German Shepherd?’ she recalled. ‘He came in and said, “No, no, it’s not me. I’m here.” It was really funny – it surprised us. I think he is going to surprise us.'”
That’s from this story in last Sunday’s NY Times, “Meet Benedict XVI: Shy, Orderly, Funny”:
Took me a second to get it: darn, that’s funny.
I’ll have to share this.
Ratzinger seems to have first made that joke on himself:
“Manuela Macher, co-owner of the Cantina Tirolese, a Bavarian restaurant near the Vatican where he is a regular, said . . . he was modest, not at all showy for a man of his position, with a dry sense of humor.
“‘Someone lost his dog and put up a sign: Has anyone seen this German Shepherd?’ she recalled. ‘He came in and said, “No, no, it’s not me. I’m here.” It was really funny – it surprised us. I think he is going to surprise us.'”
That’s from this story in last Sunday’s NY Times, “Meet Benedict XVI: Shy, Orderly, Funny”:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/international/worldspecial2/24vatican.html?