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Tuesday, April 19, 2005

so pure in thought and word and deed...


Word quiz - guess which one of these two words doesn't apply to this guy.

Catholic:
1. denoting or relating to the entire body of christians, esp. to the Church before separation into the Greek or Eastern and Latin or Western Churches.
2. denoting or relating to the Latin or Western Church after this separation
3. denoting or relating to the Roman Catholic Church
4. denoting or relating to any church, belief, etc. that claims continuity with or originates in the ancient undivided Church
5. a member of any of the Churches regarded as Catholic, esp. the Roman Catholic Church

or

catholic:
1. universal; relating to all men; all-inclusive
2. comprehensive in interests, tastes etc.; broad-minded; liberal [C14: from latin catholicus, from Greek katholikos universal, from katholou in general, from kata - according to + holos whole]

7 Comments:

  • At 10:51 pm, Blogger Damo said…

    Conservative is another word that has a big discrepancy in meanings, depending on capitalisation...

     
  • At 4:40 am, Blogger Jenni said…

    So simple, yet so telling. Good one, ST.

     
  • At 9:44 am, Blogger John McClure said…

    Am I the only one who finds it amusing that he was in the Hitler Youth? Fair enough, as a boy in Germany at that time he didn't have much chance to avoid it, but still, it tickles me a bit.

     
  • At 11:05 am, Blogger Ali said…

    He looks like a poor woman's Michael Douglas.

    I am digging his Papal Bling tho', innit. I like the double "Talk to the hand..." gesture, too. Very fitting.

    According to a German poster on my blog, he could have avoided joining Hitler Youth...but that's not even the half of it...

     
  • At 12:26 pm, Blogger John McClure said…

    Well yeah, I didn't want to mention the fact that he was in the German army too - that doesn't make him a Nazi though, does it?

    Prince Philip's uncle was in the SS, and look how well the Duke of Edinburgh turned out, eh?

     
  • At 7:05 pm, Blogger red one said…

    Short and sweet. And very clever. Nice one, Swiss.

    RedOne

    PS Damo - do you like pie, by any chance?

     
  • At 10:18 pm, Blogger The Num Num said…

    Is the pope catholic?

     

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