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Which religion has the smallest carbon footprint, I'd imagine it to be one of the fringe religions, and any ideas how many mpg the popemobile does?
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Paulos: Thank you for your kind words. I agree with you. BTW, that wasn�t my comment about the cannabis, that was Mr Hitchen�s.
Indeed, accruing the right amount of Air Miles is extremely important, especially when it comes to redemption!
That reminded me of the story of Pope John Paul on a Papal flight across the Atlantic. The Alitalia captain announced over the tannoy that the 747 had just had a flame-out on one of its four engines. His Holiness did nothing more than look at his watch.
A few minutes later the captain announced that now the number two and three engines had flamed out. Again, Pope John Paul looked at his watch.
Once again, the captain picked up his microphone and announced �as you all know, we only have one engine left and we have every indication that it�s about to fail as well.�
Once again, his Holiness looked at his watch and muttered �oh my, at this rate, we�re going to be up here forever!�
OK, I know! My jokes are the reason I�m here and not at Caesar�s Palace!
Be well
Fr Bill
Indeed, accruing the right amount of Air Miles is extremely important, especially when it comes to redemption!
That reminded me of the story of Pope John Paul on a Papal flight across the Atlantic. The Alitalia captain announced over the tannoy that the 747 had just had a flame-out on one of its four engines. His Holiness did nothing more than look at his watch.
A few minutes later the captain announced that now the number two and three engines had flamed out. Again, Pope John Paul looked at his watch.
Once again, the captain picked up his microphone and announced �as you all know, we only have one engine left and we have every indication that it�s about to fail as well.�
Once again, his Holiness looked at his watch and muttered �oh my, at this rate, we�re going to be up here forever!�
OK, I know! My jokes are the reason I�m here and not at Caesar�s Palace!
Be well
Fr Bill
When Pope John Paul the first was elected, Charlie told his mates that the new pope would be gone in a month, and he was going to have a bet on it.
He put �10 on this in his local betting shop, getting astronomical odds.
When the pope died a month later, Charlies' mates were shocked to find their pal still sipping glasses of bitter in his local, still dressed in his shabby suit, not a sign of a champagne bottle.
"Where's all the money?" they asked, "Didn't you put the bet on?"
"Yes I did," replied Charlie, "But I put him in a double with Arthur Askey!"
He put �10 on this in his local betting shop, getting astronomical odds.
When the pope died a month later, Charlies' mates were shocked to find their pal still sipping glasses of bitter in his local, still dressed in his shabby suit, not a sign of a champagne bottle.
"Where's all the money?" they asked, "Didn't you put the bet on?"
"Yes I did," replied Charlie, "But I put him in a double with Arthur Askey!"
Paulos: You concerned me there for a moment. I thought it was something else that slipped my eyes�they don�t always work as well as I�d like them to. I went back to the article to have a look. In typically creative artistic license, I see that Mr Hitchens began the paragraph out of quote, then moved mid-sentence into quote. I�ve clipped it here:
---Some other things you might --or might not - like to know. At least one of the culprits had been smoking that allegedly peaceful drug, cannabis. And the last person to kick Willem was a girl 'merely for the sake of knowing what it felt like to kick an unconscious, defenceless human being in the face".---
But this paled in relation to the tripe that appeared in the News of The World. I�ve never spoken to the people in my life! But that didn�t stop them from saying I had �slammed� David Cameron�s new policy on �hug a hoodie,� or something along those lines. It upset me so much I wrote to Mr Cameron, apologising to him, explaining that I had never spoken to the paper, nor did I have any knowledge of his political initiatives. Typically, I don�t vote Conservative. But that was irrelevant in relation to the clear attempt of the media to write news to follow their own agendas. So I felt it was important to write him to apologise. I did receive a lovely personal reply, which I�ve saved for my children�s �memory box.�
The media made an extremely difficult situation much worse.
As always, it was an amazing learning experience.
Be well
---Some other things you might --or might not - like to know. At least one of the culprits had been smoking that allegedly peaceful drug, cannabis. And the last person to kick Willem was a girl 'merely for the sake of knowing what it felt like to kick an unconscious, defenceless human being in the face".---
But this paled in relation to the tripe that appeared in the News of The World. I�ve never spoken to the people in my life! But that didn�t stop them from saying I had �slammed� David Cameron�s new policy on �hug a hoodie,� or something along those lines. It upset me so much I wrote to Mr Cameron, apologising to him, explaining that I had never spoken to the paper, nor did I have any knowledge of his political initiatives. Typically, I don�t vote Conservative. But that was irrelevant in relation to the clear attempt of the media to write news to follow their own agendas. So I felt it was important to write him to apologise. I did receive a lovely personal reply, which I�ve saved for my children�s �memory box.�
The media made an extremely difficult situation much worse.
As always, it was an amazing learning experience.
Be well
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