A combination of two other rhetorical phrases:
Is the Pope Catholic?
And
Does a bear shit in the woods?
Second combination would be:
Does the Pope shit in the woods?

Designed to confuse people who ask stupid questions.
Jonny: "Are we going to eat dinner at 6 tonight?"
Billy: "Is the Pope a bear?"
Jonny: "What?!"
by Ca8o0s3 December 12, 2009
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