As I’m sure all of you that don’t use haveyoumettony.com as your regular source of late breaking news know by now, the Catholic church has selected German Joseph Ratzinger as the new Pope. Instead of being known as “Joseph”, or “Joe” or “J.R.”, he is now “Pope Benedict XVI” (16 in Roman numerals, because when in Rome….). I think a few of the cardinals can call him “Ben”, or “Benny”, since they ARE the ones responsible for him being Pope. The rest of us just call him “Pope”. Or “His Fatherness”, or something superformal that isn’t nearly as cool as “Benny”.
Contrary to popular belief, the current Pope is NOT the guy that played the mailman on Cheers, and neither a fancy breakfast dish nor 1980’s Atlanta Braves catcher are currently the head of the Roman Catholic church.
To review:
However, Bowling Green senior running back PJ Pope is still technically a “Pope”:
Hope this helped with any confusion you might have had.
Thanks for clearing that up. I thought Cliff was indeed the Pope and Norm would have a place in the Vatican. Silly me.
Does Joey Bishop still have his previous position under the new regime?
Well crafted, my son… (making half-hearted cross motion with my hand in front of my chest…)
As Pope, I’ve already begun gathering ideas and input from the minions.. (millions of minions) such as this statement posted on an excellent website called Ay-Ziggy-Zoomba.com.
“I hope we get a more modern Pope soon…maybe one that wears jeans or text messages people on the papal wireless. Maybe he could trick out the Popemobile with some neon and a drop kit and then roll a set of 20 inch chromes with brand new Pirelli’s”
True-dat, my son… True-dat….
I am just disappointed that the Cardinals didn’t do more for Stan Musial. He is the greatest Cardinal of all time and is the right age for Popedom.