But it's just the price I pay,Destiny is calling me,
Open up my eager eyes ..
'Cause I'm Mr Brightside ..
Open up my eager eyes ..
'Cause I'm Mr Brightside ..
So the Pope has come to the last day of his grand tour of England. I managed to find the BBC on my German TV this morning (it was a bit of a fluke because I can't find it again now, grr) and they were interviewing people who'd been chosen for his blessing and stuff. One lady said something like "Yes, he was quite holy and spiritual".
He was the Pope, dear.
As a general rule, pontification tends to work holiness and spirituality into your everyday resume.
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It must be cool but crap being the pope. Yeah, you get a popemobile and all expenses paid trips round the world, but the rest of the stuff must get a bit repetitive and contrived.
What are we doing today then? Oh, Mass. Just for a change. And tomorrow? Nuts, Mass again.
Wednesday we're having a funeral, your holiness.
Excellent! Anything else? Oh fuck, Mass afterwards ..
The shittest bit must be for the cardinals who have to watch all this in the knowledge that they failed to become nominated for Pope themselves. I like to think they're bitter about this fact. Maybe tactical voting plays a part in Vatican politics too.
Ah, shit, missed out on being Pope again! Now we have to wait another 10 years before new nominations! Wait .. if we vote for Ratzenberger over there we might be able to speed the whole thing up! Guy's getting pretty old, just gotta wait for some priest in Scotland or the States to touch a kid the wrong way, he dies of a stress induced heart attack and bingo, we're back on the scene!
Crafty buggers.
I don't know what the current Pope's take on forgiveness is though. We all know Jean Paul II forgave the guy who shot him, but Ratzy doesn't seem the same as that. Looking at his face sometimes, you'd reckon he'd at least hold a grudge.
what the fuck is wrong with the font on this post?
He was the Pope, dear.
As a general rule, pontification tends to work holiness and spirituality into your everyday resume.
Proficient with Powerpoint, Word, Excel and Pontification.
It must be cool but crap being the pope. Yeah, you get a popemobile and all expenses paid trips round the world, but the rest of the stuff must get a bit repetitive and contrived.
What are we doing today then? Oh, Mass. Just for a change. And tomorrow? Nuts, Mass again.
Wednesday we're having a funeral, your holiness.
Excellent! Anything else? Oh fuck, Mass afterwards ..
The shittest bit must be for the cardinals who have to watch all this in the knowledge that they failed to become nominated for Pope themselves. I like to think they're bitter about this fact. Maybe tactical voting plays a part in Vatican politics too.
Ah, shit, missed out on being Pope again! Now we have to wait another 10 years before new nominations! Wait .. if we vote for Ratzenberger over there we might be able to speed the whole thing up! Guy's getting pretty old, just gotta wait for some priest in Scotland or the States to touch a kid the wrong way, he dies of a stress induced heart attack and bingo, we're back on the scene!
Crafty buggers.
I don't know what the current Pope's take on forgiveness is though. We all know Jean Paul II forgave the guy who shot him, but Ratzy doesn't seem the same as that. Looking at his face sometimes, you'd reckon he'd at least hold a grudge.
what the fuck is wrong with the font on this post?
