When Stanislaus Zolonowski-Bogomolov was elected pope he simply didn’t know what name to choose. Martin VI perhaps? Urban IX? Lando II? In the end he opted for Zachary. Zachary the Second! I accept! Humbly, of course.
And now to appear on the balcony. What to say? The thronging crowds were cheering. He waved. Good evening, he said – in Italian at first. And then in lots of languages because he was a polyglot. Good evening! Good evening!
Zachary the Second waved again. The crowd cheered. Hurrah! Hurrah!
“Come along Freddy,” said the nurse at the retirement home. “It’s time we threw you into the shower before bed.”
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Brilliant. 😀 😀
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Thanks!
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Superbly done! (I love” Buggeremalloff.”…I mean….” Bogomolov”)
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LOL! Thanks!
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I shall come to your poetry posting a little later (don’t want you to think I’m ignoring it!) but have a huge painful abscess on lower front gums and am off to the emergency dentist asap!)
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Bon courage! 😦
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Good one to end the day in Catholic Italy!
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They didn’t elect you while you were over there? Safe trip!
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Popus Imaginus I, that’s me!
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But, Yvonne….if they call the pope “Il Papa” in Italy, wouldn’t you have to be ‘La Mama?”
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That will have to do until we come up with a more elegant salutation. La Mama sounds like a brand of pasta.
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I googled Lando. Who knew? You, of course. Then I googled Pope Zachary and whadya know? Yep.
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You’re not the only one that knows how to Google!
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Excellent Bruce! 🙂 🙂
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Thanks, Rob.
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🙂 Brilliant!! That is simply brilliant!! All the best with the dental visit!
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You know the drill! My sole remaining useful chomper is about to be extracted I suspect.
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Puree’d meals and soups from now on? Oh no!!
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Bottom two front teeth out!!
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Oh no!! What happens next?
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I wish I could bring you some of my homemade ice cream!
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My heart melts for voluptuous vanilla.
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I wish you could bring me some of your homemade ice cream!
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Me too! We could sit and enjoy it in your beautiful little garden….
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Yes we could and we would melt right along with the ice cream 🙂 But what a way to go!!
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Cynthia – you could try our most famous and popular ice cream flavour – which is hokey-pokey.
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Being ignorant as to hokey-pokey ice cream, I googled it. I watched a video of some guy (with a suspiciously familiar accent) make it. It looks and sounds delicious. I think I’ll try it!
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Try it! Although the hard bits are best if you’ve still got teeth!
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Hmm..something to consider. Since it’s a vanilla ice cream base, I thought I would start with voluptuous vanilla and then add in the bits of hokey-pokey (which we call honeycomb candy). I could call my variation Yankee Hankee Pankee!
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LOL! I think you might have discovered – with Yankee Hankee Pankee – a Bette Claire gold mine!
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What happens next? Cynthia offers me homemade ice cream.
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Well then – all is well!! 🙂
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There are worse delusions!
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That’s true – (Noelle you are always down-to-earth!)
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I imagine it’s raining on the balcony. Good luck with the dentist.
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LOL! A quick shower on the balcony!
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Sorry about the teeth. Which Pope Freddie was he?
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Thanks for the teeth sympathy – they did a faithful service for 60 years. I believe he was Pope Freddie the Impaler – sort of Vlad’s brother.
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Delusions of grandeur 🙂
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It would be fun picking a name, but apart from that I would hate the job!!
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Nice house though 🙂
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Imagine trying to dust it!
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The nuns would do it, then again if I was pope, the priests would!
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SPARE THE DAY, O LORD!
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So many ways to pinch the balloon, novel each time, funny to the core. There is that subtle streak of irony too.
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Thank you!!
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