Pope Benedict XVI visits president Bush for discussion of various world affairs, as such bigwigs are known to do, and for general purposes of goodwill between the white house and the Vatican. While the Pope is visiting, the two take a day-trip to a lake in Virginia, relaxing in a rather luxurious presidential yacht. As the two are conversing on the lower deck in the early afternoon a sudden breeze picks up and blows the Pope's rather tall hat into the water.

The Secret Service are about to spring into action and retrieve the hat when George issues a casual command to stay put. The President proceeds to lift his leg over the railing of the boat, set his foot on the surface of the water, then the other leg, then foot, until he's literally standing on the water. He strides out to the hat, picks it up, returns to the boat and climbs over the railing. He hands the hat back to Pope Benedict, who is wearing a stunned expression on his face.

Naturally, of course, the press had been present and seen the whole thing. Unsurprisingly, the next morning's edition of the New York Times sported the headline, "BUSH CAN'T SWIM"