Another Pope visits Toronto: Local businessmen relieved
Toronto � �Yes, the Holinesses just keep on coming,� chirped Mel Lastman, as if he were a disc jockey at CHUM-AM. �Who knew there was more than one?� he offered while adding, �And we are happy that all went well, with this one.�
Pope Shenouda III, 117th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, actually visited Markham but that was close enough for some Toronto businessmen.
�The last Pope that came to town created such a shitstorm that I was almost put out of business,� Gerritt de Boer reminded anyone that would listen. �It was nice to see another one come in here and not cause such a commotion.�
Local �honey wagon� operators were not as happy as de Boer.
�Shit is my business. I know shit and shit knows me. I had ordered in extra vehicles for this visit and the little man from Egypt let me down,� moaned Harvey �Shit-for Brains� Liftshitz of Sweet as Roses Septic Systems.
As for Shenouda, he was surprised at his reception in Toronto.
�My advisors told me what happened after fellow Pope, John Paul II, had been here. He and I shared a hearty laugh over that at the last Pope�s Club meeting. In fact, He, He likes us to call Him that, made a crack about it during the cocktail hour by proposing a toast and saying, �Here�s shit in your eye.� Christ, oops, We laughed until We cried!� |
