« Sprechen sie Vixen? | Main | Virginia Tech shootings: Answers nobody wants to hear »
The pontiff turns 80 today, and one of his birthday gifts is 80 bottles of beer on the wall! Yes, a bishop toted the lot of Bavarian brew by train to the Vatican -- man, I love being Catholic! So pop a German brewski today and offer a toast to Pope Benedict XVI!
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/325805/17761032
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Happy Birthday, Pope Benedict!:
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Change is good
The perfect fusion of two threads:
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=50282
Apr. 3, 2007 (CWNews.com) - A Volkswagen once owned by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is being offered for sale at an online auction, for the second time in two years.
The 1999 Volkswagen Golf once owned by Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) is being offered on the Ebay auction site, with the proceeds of the sale promised to Habitat for Humanity Great Britain.
After the future Pontiff sold his old car-- which he rarely drove himself-- it was originally purchased by a German man. When Pope Benedict was elected in April 2005, the owner placed the car for auction, and it was bought by an internet casino, Golden Palace, for just under €189,000-- at that time, about $245,000.
Golden Palace has now re-listed the car for sale, reporting that it has not been driven since the 2005 purchase. The car is described as a simple gray Volkswagen Golf, with manual transmission and just over 46,000 miles of use.
The 10-day auction closes on April 10. After 3 days, 140 bidders had made offers, driving the price up to $200,000.
Posted by: Peacekeeper | April 16, 2007 at 01:26 PM