10th Apr 2008
Pope on a Rope
When the DC Metro put together a commercial involving a bobblehead Pope riding the Green Line and advising people to ride the train during the papal visit next week, a lot of people thought it was funny, and a great plug.
The Catholic Church? Not so much. Not only was the BobblePope unauthorized merchandize, but he was wearing the wrong color skull cap and cape. It was, in their words, a “misdressed Pope.” The Church didn’t ask them to pull it from YouTube distribution, but the Metro line pulled it anyway.
I would insert some sort of snide joke here, but frankly, I’m scared of the new Pope. And BobblePope manages to look like a cross between Satan and Jimmy Carter. I’m not messing with that.
Hey! I posted a while back that I ALSO think he looks like Satan. He scares me too. For various reasons, not the least of which is his resemblance to the big S.