January 28, 2004
Papal blessing for break-dancers VATICAN CITY (AP) -- In an unusual spectacle at the Vatican, Pope John Paul II presided over a performance of break-dancers who leaped, flipped and spun their bodies to beats from a tinny boom box.
Of course if you'd have stopped by MY(gratuitous self-link goes here) PLACE last night, you could've been giggling to this sooner.
Of course, I stole this from snarky malarkey anyway, who got it in turn from a bloke named "john"... which is ME...
The internet is what happens when an orgy breaks out at the family reunion.
You see my point? Triplets.
tracicle, sorry about the extra links.
Keep pushing that blog, forky!
self aggrandizement sucks, although the punchline was ok.
I wonder who the Patron Saint of Breakdancers will be?
boo_radley, that would be Adolfo "Shabba-doo" Quinones. Sheesh.
Visited The WackyIraqi earlier, and for some reason this tidbit stuck in my mind: "Pope John Paul II Beatifies Dentures, Walker".
[way down in the righthand column]
"I wonder who the Patron Saint of Breakdancers will be?"
Saint Lorenzo Lamas?
My Jewish housemates have recently taken to shouting "Papist!" at me in a mock-accusatory tone of voice several times a day (which I consider to be slightly unfair, seeing as I hold the world record for speed-lapsing, but hey - meshuggenah is as meshuggenah does).
I hope that when I show them this, they'll appreciate that Catholicism isn't just guilt-ridden - it's pretty goddam funky, too...
Did you mean: meshugganah?
Why yes, I believe I did.
Dude -- if you think maybe your post didn't go through, do this -- open a new window and load MoFi. Don't just keep hitting that Post button..
I did scartol. It didn't show the link. I had the same problem before at MetaPop. Next time I just post the link later if the server is slow.
Interesting.. Is the MoFi host aware of this, I hope?
I wonder who the Patron Saint of Breakdancers will be?
Gah. They've already got one. Didn't you people read your Catechisms?
Wolof:
There's three listed for dancing, so I guess that's one for breakdancing, then specifically one for the popping, and one for the locking.
I was specifically interested in the involuntary aspect of the thing — it sort of went with that whole "Pope senile victim of Parkinson's" riff.
I unreservedly apologise to any saints I may have inadvertently offended. But not to the Pope.
The pope was quoted as saying, "It is as it was."
obviously referring to Jesus's days as a back-up dancer in michael jackson's "Beat It!" video.
You sure it was in "Beat It"? Not "Thriller"?
Well I'm pretty sure it wasn't the one with lisa marie presley. I think the pope would have stuck out in that one.
*drools, head rolls sideways. issues edict. summons Batmobile*
Somewhat off-jestic.
Anyone have a link to the video where I don't have to enrich CNN? (Windows, Real, or Quicktime)
Thanks in advance. Optimist I am.
Five quid to the first person to make a crappy interactive papal breakdancing game.
Three wheelbound guys goin' round the outside
'Round the outside
'Round the outside ...
Wolof: If you saw my hitcounter you'd understand.
I'm very lonely.
On a non-aggrandizement tip, may I recommend that everyone go watch stylewars?
I may? Oh boy!
Okay, okay, sympathy clicking now.
And leave a message!
And bring your friends!
We can make S'mores and talk about boys and just be BITCHES!
Ahem!
yes?
I decided to put a link to forksclovetofu's hit counter. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.
Seriously Forky, I don't mind the self-link.
See! See! My frickin' HIT COUNTER gets more play than my blog.
Maybe I should get a hit counter for my hit counter.
See, this is why we can't have nice things.
I'm impressed by your hit counter. The way you were talking, I was expecting to see 1, maybe 2 hits a day.
Forkblog.co is a direct threat to core Murdoch businesses. A reponse has been prepared, and appropriate steps will been taken.
You okay with that, Fnorkley?
Er, that would be the Triumph of the Will Bean.
You don't scare me. I'm a paralegal. Or a parapalegic. One or the other; I get them confused.
Regardless, I've always wanted to see my bare ass on the cover of the Post.
Headline: FORK THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S THE MONKEY!
And don't call me Fnorkley. That's my FATHER'S name.
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