The 2025 Papal Conclave

There’s a video going around, maybe fake, of two adult kids giving their mom shit. Mom went to Villanova and family legend was that she had a fling with a guy named Bob Prevost who became a priest. They had her on Zoom to verify that it was the same guy and it was.

So maybe that was bullshit but it’s totally possible that he had a hookup or two before getting the calling.

On the news they’re telling us that Chicago is referring to him as…

DA POPE.

Doesn’t the Pope wear dresses or robes, or whatever his clothes are called, anyway, and no pants?

Like a judge might? I don’t think I want to know that answer.

You mean like Scotsmen in kilts? I really don’t think they go commando under their cassocks. :face_with_monocle:

Help me out there, I’ve always thought that in American English, the piece of clothing called trousers in Britain is called pants, like a pair of jeans for instance, and they are not undies. Am I wrong? At least I’ve never seen a pope wear trousers.

There you go:

ETA: Just search for “karol wojtyla skying”

Wait until he starts issuing proclamations, which they will call DA BULLS.

Good call, but that wasn’t an official event. Is that Wojtyla? Yeah, he used to wear trousers, he was a football goalie in his youth.

Yes, in the U.S., “trousers” = “pants,” and pants pretty much never means “underwear.”

The word “trousers” does get used sometimes here, too, but it comes across as maybe a bit old-fashioned.

But if you say someone is wearing “no pants”, there’s kinda an implication that he naked below the waist.

That is true.

Or as we say in our house, Porky Pigging it.

Whereas, if you just say, “he wasn’t wearing pants”, it might mean he’s just wearing underwear, it maybe he’s wearing a kilt, or a dress, it maybe even shorts, depending on the context.

Idioms are weird.

Can’t wait for his homily on the story of Elisha and DA BEARS.

The usual usage…

Bob Prévost (as he then was) enjoyed a meal of Vienna dogs with sport peppers, and Malört.

Currently, there are three Villanova graduates in the New York Knicks. Some fans think that the Deity is going to intervene on the team’s behalf this season.

These days, the cool kids call it shirtcocking, though sometimes derogatorily.

Call them trousers, pants, or slacks. Here’s a photo of the late Pope Francis clearly wearing them.