The Quandary
“So, what do you think we should do?” Pope Aloysius VII gazed out the krystalplex window of his apartment in the New Vatican. New Rome shimmered in the distance, air cars swooping and shuttle cars threading silver webs across the ancient vista.
At his side the young nuncio cleared his throat, “It is, indeed, a perplexing question, Your Holiness. I don’t have a ready answer. But perhaps we could-”
“It seems to me . . .” From the shadows of the tapestry-hung chamber, a third voice spoke. Cardinal Jimenez stepped forward.
“We have two choices. One: Accept this . . . this entity as the Second Coming; Two: Denounce it as a demon, or . . . threaten it with the comfy chair. Three, we have three choices.”
I came across this bit of silliness as I was rootling through my files. I'm still a Monty Python fan. See the skit that inspired this HERE.
