It has been drawn to my attention that certain people who ought to know better have been abusing their positions as "guest bloggers" on this site and using the space I have charitably provided as a forum for airing their dirty laundry: I refer, of course, to His Cleanliness the Pope, and Little Miss Bleach herself, the Manageress of the Vatican City Coin-Op.
The heated, apparently unresolvable conflict between these two eminent personages began last year when the Pope, or Cardinal Ratzinger as he then was, dropped off a mixed load at the Coin-Op since he possessed an unused "two-fer" coupon for the overnight wash and fold service the establishment provides. When the former Cardinal returned to pick up his clothes the following morning he discovered that two socks were missing. As these socks were hand-embroidered with an attractive Saint Sebastian novelty motif, the Cardinal was understanderbly quite upset. Later that day, however, witnesses from a visiting seminary observed the still damp socks soddenly stuck to the insides of a double-load washer in the back of the Coin-Op. This miraculous recovery the two socks was described by the parties concerned as an example - literally - of what they call a "Deus ex machina."
But unfortunately it appears that not everybody has accepted that ineffable explanation of the sock mystery. However, I promise that as of today this argument and its associated vendettas will no longer be pursued on this weblog. Thank you for your patience.
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I call that an ecumenical matter.
Posted by: Lucy | September 21, 2005 at 14:00
Ecumenical? It's a universal use fabric softener, isn't it?
Posted by: stephenesque | September 21, 2005 at 16:42