I’m not Catholic, so I didn’t grow up with the Hail Mary. Whenever I hear it I think, ‘Blessed be the Fruit-of-the-Loom’.
Well, I heard some interesting versions when helping out in my son’s kindergarten class last year.
“Blessed is the fruit of thy Room” was the most popular.
“Hail Mary full of Rice” “Hail Mary, full of Race” “Hail Mary full of Grades” (maybe she was a good student?)
While I didn’t actually hear any of kinders say “Fruit of the Loom,” I always think that myself…and I am Catholic!
I’ve thought for a long time that “fruit of the loom” was an intentional (and very tacky) play on “fruit of thy womb.” I’m kind of surprised that the Fruit of the Loom people continue to get away with it. Maybe Bill Donohue always goes commando, and never noticed the underwear commercials.
One of my friends dressed as the Pope for Halloween one year. I bought a pair of xxxxxxxxlarge tightie whities and put iron-on letters on the rump that said: Fruit of Thy Womb. He mooned everybody at the party. It made a great photo-op.
Guess I’m going to hell…waaaahhhhh!
I’m not Catholic, but I work at a Catholic college. At the graduation mass, there’s always a prayer that includes asking God to bless “John Paul our pope, George our bishop…” and then I always expect to hear something about Ringo.
(The bishop’s name is George Lucas, which is a whole nother source of amusement.)