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Suppose -- God forbid! -- the College of Cardinals goes weeks
and weeks without electing a new Pope.
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Father Guido Sarducci, Google's special correspondent at the
Vatican for the Papal Conclave, informs us that The Holy See
will resort to a method that hasn't been used since Robin Hood
was a boy.
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The names of anyone who had gotten even one vote in previous
balloting will be placed in one of those pinkish skull caps and
the identify of the next Pontiff will be drawn and known -- and,
moments later, pales of white smoke will begin soaring to Heaven.
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Suppose, however, the very worst happens and, instead of picking
a name, the small white slip that's selected reads: Size 6 7/8.
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Or, as Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) used to say so often on
TV's "The Honeymooners, "What a revolting development this is!"
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