# Castro  to Pope. " So what do you do?"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-to-pope-so-what-do-you-do/617130>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 29, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-to-pope-so-what-do-you-do/617130 "2012-03-29T07:26:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-to-pope-so-what-do-you-do/617130/1 "2012-03-29T07:26:02Z")

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_Pope Benedict and Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, both octogenarians, joked about their age in a brief meeting today and then Castro popped the question: so what do you do?_

[Link.](http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/6657083/Castro-to-pope-so-what-do-you-do)

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-to-pope-so-what-do-you-do/617130/2 "2012-03-29T16:05:01Z")

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Dear Fidel: [Papa - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre](http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa)

And I know the Pope’s not _quite_ a head of state, but a track suit? Did Benny eventually strip down to a wife beater and his pimp cross?

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**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-to-pope-so-what-do-you-do/617130/3 "2012-03-29T18:15:28Z")

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I wonder what that not-so-trendy scarf is hiding…

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**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-to-pope-so-what-do-you-do/617130/4 "2012-03-30T04:23:22Z")

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Well, he protects child rapists. Hard to know which dirtbag to “root” for.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-to-pope-so-what-do-you-do/617130/5 "2012-03-30T04:48:54Z")

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By the way, every time I see the thread title, I can’t help thinking: “Castro-oo to Pope. Take your protein pills and put your helmet on.”