Okay. Y’know how the pope’s former car apparently recently sold on the German version of eBay?
He’s apparently trading it in for a pickup!
Okay, okay. It’s not exactly a pick-up. It’s a "pick-up-like vehicle" apparently reverse-engineered from an SUV and outfitted with bullet-proof glass behind where he is to stand, but still
THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!
YEE-HAW!
Only problem is . . . it’s a Volkswagen. I’m from a car-fixin’ family, and one thing I can tell you: Volkswagens are (or were) high maintenence. I know the pope’s from Germany and all, but I wouldn’t own a Volkswagen (not even a Volkswagen pick-up) if you paid me.
Still, it’s a sign that the pope’s "gone country" in Alan Jackson’s words.
Maybe I’ll send him a Charlie Daniels Band CD to play while he’s drivingbeing driven around in it. (Can’t you just hear him being driven around to "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"?)
Or maybe I’ll send him a pair of boot that he can use with heretics to . . . y’know.

