Hey, Pope Francis. Whatcha doing?
“I’m-a teaching about-a da water safety. Summer’s-a coming.”
Is that your life-preserver, Your Holiness?
“No, no: mine’s-a white.”
Sure.
“Gotta wear-a da life jacket. All-a da priests on-a my boat have-a to wear-a da jackets. And-a if there’s enough, the nuns-a get jackets, too.”
You have a boat?
“It’s-a da Popeboat. We load-a it up with-a da sacramental wine and have-a da booze cruise.”
Really?
“Oh, si. It’s-a tough gig. Refugees this, and-a da cripples that.”
So you take the boat out on Sundays?
“Sundays? No, no: that’s-a my crazy day. You know-a da song, Manic Monday? My Sunday is-a my have to run day.”
Gotcha.
“It’s-a not my fun day.”
I understand. Back to the Popeboat, Your Holiness.
“It’s-a nice boat. Ooh, I like-a da boat.”
Sounds like it.
“You touch-a my boat, I break you face.”
Right.
“I like-a to catch-a da fish.”
I did not know this about you.
“Love-a da fish. First, I bless-a da bait.”
Obviously.
“And then I bless-a da reel.”
Okay.
“Long-a story short: everything gets-a da blessing.”
Are you a good fisherman? Do you catch a lot of fish?
“I’m-a like-a da Ted Williams.”
That is an obscure reference, Pope Francis.
“But I don’t-a eat-a da fish! When I catch-a da fish, I throw-a him back.”
That’s nice of you.
“I give-a da fish a blessing first.”
Just like Saint Francis.
“Si, si. But it cause-a da problem with-a da Pope of Fish. He-a say I’m-a on his territory.”
There’s a Pope of Fish?
“Si, si. There’s-a da Pope of-a da everything. Pope of Fish, Pope of Greenwich Village, list-a goes on.”
If you say so.
“Last-a time out, I let-a Benedict drive-a da boat.”
How’d that go?
“Put-a da thing in a ditch.”
How is that even possible?
“That’s-a what I want-a to know! That-a fucking guy. Oh! Forgive-a da language.”
I forgive you.
“Right-a back atcha.”
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Mahalia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0GdS-SfGwQ
‘member Cleavon Little in the Walton’s Homecoming at the Baldwin Sisters Christmas Eve?
http://goldeneragospel.blogspot.ca/2010/11/mahalia-jacksons-glori-fried-chicken.html
innaresting! bet there’s more to the story no doubt. Harland Sanders Seattle (Greenlake) connection http://www.roadsidepeek.com/roadusa/pacifnw/pnweats/pnwsitdown/twinteepees/index.htm
Howell St. Grocery, next to Redwood. best fried chicken hands down. Eritrean family owns it.
That’s cool, I wish they would stop tearing down everything to put up condos.
that place Spencer, on the 35/115 i think, does the BBQ chicken with the sauce. Dutch something? keep thinking it’s Dutch Oven, but that’s ’cause i have gas today.
It’s a bar now with a new name, my kids and I giggled ever time we passed it.
Between there and Oshawa Ski Club ( nowBrimacombe) they are putting in a big wind farm. Kirby Burger is gone too. At least Haugens Chicken and Ribs is still around.
Haugen’s, yes that’s the one. lots of wind north of Oshawa, all that pickled beets, cabbage rolls, rotkraut, perogis, schweinsaxe, baked beans…..
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