Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Pope on a rope

I thought I invented Pope on a rope, about 8 years ago. Got really excited for about 3 minutes till I saw one on the internet. Still think it is a great idea and I thought of it the other day when I saw a story on CNN about the Pope in the US and all the souvenirs they are selling.
The scary pope, as I call him, is going around America saying sorry for all the kiddy fiddlers they employed for years and years, this is the sorry tour, the cleansing tour…get where I am going with this? Pope on a rope is fricken perfect. “Wash yourself as we wash away the sins of the Catholic church.” (holywater not required)
But doesn’t the Pope look scary. Especially when he speak in German. I try to imagine him in an SS uniform, and its not hard.
I bet Robbie Williams is pissed off with the Pope. He tried to crack the US over and over and never had much luck. The Pope goes there once and the place blows up.
I wonder if the Popes tour has groupies? I wonder if they break into the hotel and try to see the Pope, maybe try for a one on one mass with him. Mind you, I guess it wouldn’t be a mass then would it. It would be a mini.
I wonder if the Pope and his entourage ever trash their hotel rooms after a big gig? Do they get to stay in hotels? Local clergy probably offer to put them up. Bet the Pope hates that. He lives in the fricken Vatican. He has his own city. It would suck staying with some vicar in a little house tacked onto a church.
The Pope has a lot of costumes, almost as many as Elton John takes on tour. It would be hard being in charge of all that gear. You see the Pope in his bullet proof Pope mobile, you don’t see the fleet of big trucks that lug all the gear around from gig to gig and the roadies that work through the night. A Pope Tour 08 roadie jacket. Now that is a souvenir I’d pay big bucks for.