Before you read this, read Elvis and The Pope: Part One http://revmaddog1948.blogspot.com/2012/04/elvis-pope.html
Pat Taberski is like Duane Howard because she seems to know everybody. My daughter had married into the family, and because Pat's grand daughterrs were also my grand daughters, we attend girls basketbal games together across the Michiana area. Everywhere we go, she knows someone from that area.
But she caused my old skeptical attitude to rear it's head when she claimed to know the Pope.
I could not believe her, and challenged her on this statement. We decided to put it to the test by flying to the Vatican City.
When we arrived, Saint Peter's Square had thousands of visitors. Pat had told me that she would seek an audience with her good friend, the Pope, and then they would step out onto the balcony and wave. I waited a good long time when finally three people stood out on the balcony and waved. I had been talking with the fellow next to me in the crowd, a local Italian tourist. I had learned that he knew what the Pope looked like, and he also had a pair of binocul;ars. So when the trio came out, I turned to him, and asked "Is that the Pope?"
As he peered through the binoculars, he said, "I can't make out who the old fellow is, but the woman next to him is Pat Taberski!"
I replied, "Who's the other fellow?"
He responded, "I think it's Duane Howard!"
Pat Taberski is like Duane Howard because she seems to know everybody. My daughter had married into the family, and because Pat's grand daughterrs were also my grand daughters, we attend girls basketbal games together across the Michiana area. Everywhere we go, she knows someone from that area.
But she caused my old skeptical attitude to rear it's head when she claimed to know the Pope.
I could not believe her, and challenged her on this statement. We decided to put it to the test by flying to the Vatican City.
When we arrived, Saint Peter's Square had thousands of visitors. Pat had told me that she would seek an audience with her good friend, the Pope, and then they would step out onto the balcony and wave. I waited a good long time when finally three people stood out on the balcony and waved. I had been talking with the fellow next to me in the crowd, a local Italian tourist. I had learned that he knew what the Pope looked like, and he also had a pair of binocul;ars. So when the trio came out, I turned to him, and asked "Is that the Pope?"
As he peered through the binoculars, he said, "I can't make out who the old fellow is, but the woman next to him is Pat Taberski!"
I replied, "Who's the other fellow?"
He responded, "I think it's Duane Howard!"
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