A rich American and the Pope

A rich American tourist holidaying in Rome was intent on seeing the Pope. He waited in a long queue, wearing a rather expensive suit and hoping the Pope would notice how smart he was and perhaps exchange a few words with him.
As the Pope made his way slowly down the queue, he walked right passed the American without noticing him. The Pope then stopped next to a tramp, leaned over and whispered something in his ear, and made his way on again.
This pissed off the American, so he agreed to pay $1000 to the tramp for his suit in the hope that the Pope would speak to him the next day.
The next morning, the Pope made his way slowly up to the American. When he finally reached him, the Pope leaned over and spoke softly in his ear, "I thought I told you to fuck off!"