Wednesday 23 September 2009

How do you see the Pope?

So the Pope is coming back to UK shores.
Not the nice one - it's the new fella probably coming to sell a bit of art. The ex-Hitler Youth not the ex-goalie.
And it's for the first time since 1982. I remember seeing JP2 on that visit having been shepherded into the Knavesmire pens.
I was near the back but he did a full drive past in his bulletproof papal car - the Pope mobile. On his several swings past my pen, I had to choose how to view him. With my unholily naked eyes or with my souvenir lensed cardboard tube which was my Papal viewing device. Its name... and I love this branding so much that I still have it.
What else? The Pope Scope!

Monday 21 September 2009

Neologisms 4

Shocktut (n).
The mix of disbelief irritation, kneadiness and disappointment that results when the household cook (i.e. wife, mother) is cooking burgers and has to break the news that there are no buns left and you have to have it in bread

Sunday 20 September 2009

Joke

Q. How many Irishmen does it take to cross the road?

A. Three