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“One of these is not like the others.  One of these
just doesn’t belong.”

No matter your religious persuasion (even my Catholic friends are finding this hilarious) you gotta admit that this is pretty funny!

On Monday a man identifying himself as “Bishop Basilius” of the Italian Orthodox Church arrived at the Vatican supposedly to attend the meetings in advance of the conclave of cardinals which will elect the successor of Benedict XVI, who stepped down from the papacy last week.

The problem is, there is no such thing as the “Italian Orthodox Church”.  But that’s not what aroused the suspicion of the Swiss Guard.  It was mostly because Bishop Basilius was wearing a cassock that was too short, black tennis shoes, a “strange-looking chain” holding his crucifix, and a purple scarf around his waist instead of the traditional sash.

Oh yeah, and he also donned a black fedora.

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Never in my wildest fevered delirium could I have imagined what the reaction would have been.

Let’s put it this way: since early this morning, I have been in a nearly constant gigglefit about this whole thing.

Here’s a sample of the correspondence that’s come in…

“Brilliant, pure genius with Johnny and his minions.”

“I’m speechless, absolutely without a single bit of speech.”

“Chris, Chris, Chris… this one goes down in the history books: Best. April. Fools. Post. Ever.”

“what a stunt, dude… You know that I bought it for THIRTY WHOLE SECONDS? (even with my knowledge that this was gonna happen – I bought it!) It looks so real! Well done! :-)”

“This is horrible but actually expected. I do hope the boy will be OK. It’s a shame he has to pay for Johnny’s evilness.”

“Bahahah … April Fool’s, eh?”

“Chris, You have written a masterful work

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