And if you’re not too tuckered out from that, Ben, why not open an abortion ward on your trip over to the U.K.?
The document — which was written by "junior officials" — contained a list of suggested events for the Pope’s visit (the first in almost thirty years) that probably seemed super funny on Friday at 5:30 when all you wanted to do was leave but you have to finish this goddamn brainstorming session and it is SO FUCKING NICE OUTSIDE, God I want some iced coffee.
(Uhh…we’ve all been there?)
But they’re less fun when you end up insulting the head of a major religion on behalf of an entire country.
Ouch. So, now it’s spin time. What do you say? Do you say the list is just a series of inappropriate jokes? That it was obviously over-the-line but never meant to cause harm? That there was a carbon-monoxide leak that day?
An accompanying note acknowledged many of the ideas contained in the memo were extreme. ”These should not be shared externally…,” it read, explaining the document was ”the product of a brainstorm which took into account even the most far-fetched of ideas.’
No. These are not jokes, obviously (that would be terribly uncouth). This is just very thorough brainstorming. Because who knows? Maybe the Pope really will want to bless a civil partnership, and then where would you be if you didn’t prepare for that scenario? You wouldn’t want to anger the Pope, after all.
Via Towleroad and NYT.