[UA] I don't know if it's true, but it's funny.
Edward Parsons
edward-parsons at ntlworld.com
Tue Feb 24 08:25:54 PST 2004
Weirdly, I think this one is sorta legit. As in, Pope Joan is at least an
authentic legend, if not necisarily and authentic actual physcial objective
person. Her kid, btw, might have been a hideous monster, or that might just
be some Pale Pooch padding to the story from their old Dark Ages stuff-
pretty interesting idea, however- a pope-birthed child would be the ultimate
afront to god.
Actually, reminds me of the "Pope Enclosure" in Hell that Satan proudly
shows of in the fantastic BBC radio comedy, Old Harry's Game (look it up if
you can find it- cannot overstate how good this is). All the popes are
permanently heavily pregnat- cue lots of latin wailing.
Gotta be some sort of horrible pseudo-alchemical symbolism there, right?
Yrs Sincerely
Edward Parsons
"We took out our heavy revolvers (all of a sudden there were revolvers in
the dream) and joyfully killed the Gods."
- "Ragnarok" Jorge Luis Borges
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