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Date Posted: 16:01:31 07/09/01 Mon
Author: MotherMary
Subject: Re: Shall we gather straw for the vote? - yes - see message
In reply to: gidge 's message, "Shall we gather straw for the vote?" on 07:45:54 07/09/01 Mon

Every time a new pope is elected, there are a lot of rituals
and ceremonies that have to be gone through, in accordance
with tradition. Well, there's one tradition that very few
people know about.

Shortly after the new pope is enthroned, the chief rabbi seeks an audience. He is shown into the pope's presence,
whereupon he presents him with a silver tray bearing a
velvet cushion. On top of the cushion is an ancient,
shriveled parchment envelope.

The pope symbolically stretches out his arm in a gesture
of rejection.

The chief rabbi then retires, taking the envelope with him
and does not return until the next pope is elected. John
Paul II was intrigued by this ritual, whose origins were
unknown to him.

He instructed the best scholars of the Vatican to research
it, but they came up with nothing. When the time came and
the chief rabbi was shown into his presence, he faithfully
enacted the ritual rejection but, as the chief rabbi turned
to leave, he called him back.

"My brother," the pope whispered, "I must confess that we
Catholics are ignorant of the meaning of this ritual enacted
for centuries between us and you, the representative of the
Jewish people. I have to ask you, what is it all about?"

The chief rabbi shrugs and replies: "But we have no more
idea than you do. The origin of the ceremony is lost in the
traditions of ancient history."

The pope said: "Let us retire to my private chambers and
enjoy a glass of wine together, then, with your agreement,
we shall open the envelope and discover at last the secret."

The chief rabbi agreed. Fortified in their resolve by the
wine, they gingerly pried open the curling parchment envelope and with trembling fingers, the chief rabbi reached inside and extracted a folded sheet of similarly ancient paper. As the pope peered over his shoulder, he slowly opened it.

They both gasped with shock.

It was the check for the last supper.

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Hee-hee! That is sooo good. (NT) -- Kathy, 20:58:22 07/09/01 Mon
So Faerie is picking up all our tabs then?????????? -- gidge, 18:42:53 07/10/01 Tue