ALL IS CALM, ALL IS... NEVER MIND
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December 28, 2007
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Too bad there weren't a few Shaolin monks in there. It could have been PPV.
Posted by: bbescuela | December 28, 2007 at 10:39 PM
Sheesh - one of them flashed the gang sign of the cross and all heck broke loose.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 28, 2007 at 10:43 PM
You have to be careful of showing your "colors" in the church, too.
Posted by: Auntie M | December 28, 2007 at 10:45 PM
Why were they cleaning anyway? Everyone knows you can't polish a pew.
Or is that you can't polish a poo? Or is that you can't call the Pope Polish?
Why did the Chechen cross the road?
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 28, 2007 at 10:47 PM
#$!&$^@
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | December 28, 2007 at 10:48 PM
had it been nuns, instead of priests, we'd be watchin' video right now.
or so I suspect.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | December 28, 2007 at 10:48 PM
Wyo, I'm pretty sure that the Nun Jello Wrestling took place at least an hour before the church service. No one starts a riot until after the pre-service show.
Posted by: Auntie M | December 28, 2007 at 11:00 PM
Hmm.... something similar also happened in Antarctica... http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2232455,00.html
Posted by: Kev | December 28, 2007 at 11:22 PM
Kev's link
So much for peace on earth, goodwill to men.
Posted by: DeskDiva | December 28, 2007 at 11:38 PM
Oh, and of course on Kev's link, alcohol was involved.
Posted by: DeskDiva | December 28, 2007 at 11:40 PM
Interesting bit of trivia. The area was found by a nun assigned to develop Bethlehem for pilgrimages. At the time, there were just as many fights.
She took the best evidence she could find. The truth be told the city had undergone some rebuilding projects so she couldn't find everything. Even the place where the church is founded has some skepticism about it.
So yes, the Nun arrived earlier.
Posted by: Alfred Simon Fyodorovich | December 29, 2007 at 12:53 AM
Palestinian police, armed with batons and shields, quickly formed a human cordon to separate the two sides so the cleaning could continue, then ordered an Associated Press photographer out of the church.
Maybe it is peace on earth, for a little while, Diva.
Posted by: mm | December 29, 2007 at 01:00 AM
If this is considered the birthplace of Jesus you'd think it wouldn't need a lot of cleaning other than a dusting now and then. Did Cousin Eddie Griswold and his family blow through Bethlehem and leave a bunch of 16oz Bud empties laying around on the floor?
Posted by: Doc Rick | December 29, 2007 at 05:39 AM
they should have let some rabble-rousin rabbis in there. ... now that would have made the wwf. they LOOK harmless with the hats and stuff, but, those dudes are tough.
Posted by: queensbee | December 29, 2007 at 08:13 AM
Can't that find a nice Arab cleaning service?
Posted by: Peter M. | December 29, 2007 at 08:31 AM
Turn about is fair play - notice the Palestinians 'restored order.'
Posted by: daisymae | December 29, 2007 at 09:17 AM
Oh, fer Chri .... er, guess not.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | December 29, 2007 at 09:33 AM
My sister and I had such religious arguments over our room too when we were little.
Posted by: nonanonymous | December 29, 2007 at 03:07 PM