It's good to see the pontiffs get so tarted up when they go abroad. LOVE the red shoes - that's just my speed, actually. Quite smart. And you must love the intimate little wave - so demure. He reminds me a bit of Uncle Fester. I wonder if he does that trick with the light bulb? And apparently Tim Gunn of Project Runway is his left-hand man. Who knew TG was in so tight at the Vatican? I was never tipped off on PR when he deadpanned to the camera "I wanna give a shout-out to my homeys in da V.C." Silly me.
Dig the threads! Poping must be a pretty good gig if you can get it... :D
ReplyDeleteHilarious. That IS Tim. Well, who'd a thunk it.
ReplyDeleteAnd Pope Benedict does the thing with his pinky? Interesting. I wonder if he is a tea-drinker.
ReplyDeletetam - For sho'! What do you want to bet he has a cellar full of 1953 Chateau Margaux and an army of personal chefs?
ReplyDeletefathairybastard - Yeah, it totally IS! I almost missed that detail, riveted as I was on his flamboyant footwear, which I'll bet would have cost about 3 grand retail. (Trust the shoe horse on this one)
meg nakagawa - Yeah, the thing with the pinky. I think it was Sarah Silverman I saw talking about a porn star who always had his pinkie up, and she said she finally figured it out: "oh! It's because he's fancy." So anyway, the pope is fancy. And yeah, I'll bet they use up tea by the bale in the Vatican.
I like the red shoes too. And the beanie. He's just about the cutest pope ever.
ReplyDeleteNow I see where all my offeratory money has gone...
ReplyDeleteI wonder if assistant Tim Gunn tells the Pope to "make it work" before he gives a speech?
Nothing beats the Popemobile. Ever.
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And the little pinky action also comes in handy for hanging those little pontiff doughnuts on. They are fancy as well.
ReplyDeleteThe close-up; doesn't it look like he's signaling to a mate in the crowd something like, "the pub at 8?"
ReplyDeleteThat smile weirds me out. Does he look like the sort of old dude who'd like to get a blow job from a ten year old boy? Surely not!
ReplyDeleteHe has the eyes of Satan
ReplyDeleteThe raised pinky is from the gentle touch perfected while patting little boys on the head.
ReplyDeletezelda - stylin' and profilin'. I dunno, though, I thought the last Pope was cuter.
ReplyDeletekelly - Maybe Tim learned how to make it work from the guy in the red shoes.
david amulet - Popemobiles rock - anyone with their own sneeze-screen-snowdome action has got serious game.
barbara - pontiff donuts - do you mean his nostrils? *L*
meg nakagawa - it's an air "pinkie promise"
fathairybastard - EW! Now, we weren't even going there, and you had to get all raunchy.
frobie - I agree that he looks kind creepy - he looks like he's not getting good nutrition - either that or he needs to invest in a good concealer and/or some vitamins, and I think shouldn't the pope have a personal facialist on staff? We know he can afford it. Really. Dr. 90210 needs to give him a ring.
mushy - There we go again! Why does that sound nasty when I read it out loud?
Pontiff ... make it work.
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