Now that the Pope is dead, I have thankfully been exempted from watching CNN. I have no interest in watching them comment on the mourners. Sample coverage, paraphrased:
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"What is the scene like down there, Jeff?"

"Well the mourners are coming through… there are about 7000 people here to pay their respects… it seems they're moving along very quickly past the pope as he lies in state here in the Vatican…"

"Moving quickly? Do you know why?"
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Could that be because it's fucking creepy? I don't know. ("He said he was infallible… look what happened!") I eagerly await watching the politics play out in the next appointment. I love that whole smoke-based ballot system, it's very dramatic.

I realize it may seem like I'm being cavalier about the Pope buying the farm, but I assure you it's because I don't care for Popes in general. It's not like I actually wished the Pope to die… oh, wait! I <b>did</b> wish for the Pope to die! As every past and present Montrealer knows, the gigantic hillside lighted cross on the side of Mount Royal is rumoured to turn purple when the Pope dies. We waited years for this to happen!

I suppose some would say I'm angry at God for not granting my wishes for the Pope to die so I could see the cross turn purple myself, and that he has punished me by waiting until I left town to smite his Earthly Representative. But thanks to my friend the Lizard Queen, I can see proof the rumours are true!