YET ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE HEADLINE-ONLY NEWS READER KNEE-JERK REACTION
(Thanks to queensbee)
Note: We posted this about 2 hours ago, but don't see it, so if there are two copies out there in Blogland, we apologize.
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Those Catholics! What a sense of humor! (NOT)
Posted by: eilbeback | August 27, 2008 at 09:50 AM
Well, darn! I was looking forward to it.
Posted by: billinbossier | August 27, 2008 at 09:54 AM
Sooo, no swimsuit competition, eh? Bummer.
Posted by: CJrun | August 27, 2008 at 09:55 AM
He shouldn't make a habit of this...
Posted by: frodolives | August 27, 2008 at 09:57 AM
Well...dangit.
Posted by: Sally Field | August 27, 2008 at 09:58 AM
the flying nun would have won the talent part.
Posted by: crossgirl | August 27, 2008 at 10:10 AM
...now where do you want these blinds hung?
Posted by: pogo | August 27, 2008 at 10:25 AM
I see the bishop was nun too pleased with the idea.
Posted by: ellie | August 27, 2008 at 10:25 AM
HAAAA pogo - that's the punch of a great joke - i love that one.
Posted by: queensbee | August 27, 2008 at 10:40 AM
♪ How do you solve a problem like Maria? ♪
Posted by: frodolives | August 27, 2008 at 10:40 AM
I can't believe that no one pointed out the Freudian slip in the second-to-last paragraph:
"We have to draw more attention to the world of nuns, who are often not sufficiently appreciated by society," he wrote, adding that he had hoped his initiative would help boost sagging vocations to religious lie.
Posted by: ScottMGS | August 27, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Scott!!! good catch LOL
Posted by: Siouxie | August 27, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Link to the old post, 2 days (not hours) ago
Posted by: oneblankspace | August 27, 2008 at 11:05 AM
Key line from the ananova version: Father Rungi insists he never intended to put sisters on the catwalk and wanted only to highlight that they were "above all women and beauty is a gift from God".
Nuns on the Catwalk WBAGBFA reality show.
I know I'd watch.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | August 27, 2008 at 11:25 AM
WBAGNF
*sigh*
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | August 27, 2008 at 11:26 AM
"Note: We posted this about 2 hours ago, but don't see it, so if there are two copies out there in Blogland, we apologize."
Judi, I assume you're going to fire yourself just to be on the safe side.
Posted by: will | August 27, 2008 at 03:24 PM