Puff, Puff Give...Us the New Pope

I just heard one of the funniest most ignorant things I've ever heard...this week. Suprisingly (NOT) it came from my boss.

Apparently as he sits at his desk doing nothing but watching TV, it's grown on him how much he doesn't like the coverage of the Conclave to elect the new Pope. It actually bugs a couple of the people in my office. Why exactly? Well, they think it's stupid. I know it's extremely tough to argue against such logic and well thought out reasoning, so times like this I don't even try. However if it was a conclave of bikini models trying to elect the new slut, they'd be watching it like the New Years countdown.

But anyway, on discussing the people standing outside the Vatican waiting to see if the new Pope is elected as they visit, my boss had this to say: "It's stupid. It's just like the people who wait out all night to try and get onto American Idol." Hmmm, new religious icon of the next 25 years, or new pop star of the next 15min. I see how those go hand in hand. I mean, I do understand that it's tough to compare Pope John Paul's humanitarian work to that of the work done by Ruben Studdard, but let's cut the pope a little slack, Ruben is a lot younger.

So yeah, I just had to get that out there today. Who cares about the Pope, let's listen to William Hung sing "She Bangs"....again.