Break out the funny hats!
The pope's in town! Seriously, I must have seen at least five different funny hats on the altar at St. Patrick's in one quick pan during the deadly boring mass that every channel on cable saw fit to cover this morning (a few channels even acknowledged how deadly this was as television by rudely talking over the operatic performance of some hymn). As my mind wandered (how could it not?!), I wondered who manufactured all of these funny hats and whether it was possible for them to make a profit considering the limited quantities produced. I think I may also have finally discovered why priests wear those loose-fitting gowns: the better to pinch themselves to stay awake during mass.
posted by BayonneMike at 9:13 AM
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Don't be irreverent, Mike. You know those garments are 'one size fits all' and some of those guys are-not gonna say heifers-rather portly. Course they could be scratching under there. I thought you were going into the priesthood at one time, Mike. You could pull if off too. You could! I could be a nun!
The Pope seemed very solemn, somber even, during that beautiful uplifting choir music. Truthfully, It would have been PERFECT if the kids from American Idol were up there belting out a rousing "Shout to the Lord".
I wonder if Jesus was ever bored to tears? "comeon comeon comeon... gotta go, gotta go". is it bad juju to talk about Jesus that way? I don't think so. We have to separate what is truly 'Godly' from what is man just being regal and religious. "True religion is taking care of orphans and children". Nice that they go to lengths to make it special when the Pope comes to visit. He's got some good things to say. It's nice that he gets the biblical message of salvation and wants to church to get it also, without leaving! oi vey. PS They shouldn't have been talking like it was some kind of parade. Idiots. Even those televised masses you watch don't have explanations about what the hats are called.
OK. Enough of this boring monlogue homily.'Wrap it up'. My sister was getting antsy in church one Sunday. She whispered into our mother's ear: "When is the preist gonna say, "Go, the ass is mended?" Mom got a kick out of that and sent it into Reader's Digest.
Eggs Benedict and pop-overs for breakfast, I was thinking, tomorrow.
NY officially became a second-rate TV market yesterday when Channels 5 and 9 (local stations both owned by FOX) ran a simulcast. Watch for them to eventually simulcast one evening news show, as is already done in other locales, and more jobs go down the drain.
i heard those 'hats' were actually little flags tied into kerchiefs.
This whole Pope routine smacks of some sort of coup d’état.
Not so much hoopla when the Dali Lama came to town.
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