Saturday, 20 April 2019

The secrets of Notre Dame

Apologies for a third post on Notre Dame this week (plug1, plug2), but news is just breaking from the investigative journalists of Associated Press that, besides being a tourist Mecca, Notre Dame is also revered as a place of worship (by Muslims, presumably).

prayers by Notre Dame

Mecca.

We asked some of our religious friends to comment:

Jew: Well, it's certainly a place that I find very kosher.

Hindu: For me, it's something of a sacred cow.

Anglican: It's been a centre for the Church of England since A.D. 597. (Oops, that last one's almost genuine. See below.)

Daniel Hannan's gaffe

An entry for the David Lammy prize for religious knowledge.

Buddhist: I go there to listen to the sound of one hand clapping.

Muslim: Well, if the mountain will not come to Mahomet, then we have to go there ourselves.

Whatever else goes on there, it is rumoured that Catholics are also interested in Notre Dame. However, the New York Times is still a little hazy about the "body of Christ".

New York Times gaffe

Journalism at its finest.

By the way, for those who missed the reference above to David Lammy MP, here it is again.

Lammy gaffe

If Notre Dame's smoke is anything to go by, the next pope will have grey skin.

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2 comments:

  1. Left-footer20 April 2019 at 21:56

    Is it not also a YOUNESKO Wurrrrrllllld Herrrrritage Site, along with the taj mahal and some zigurats??? If so, the World should have a say in whatever it is, and Polly Tonybee or whatever..

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  2. Kevin Hunter21 April 2019 at 11:32

    Regarding the MP (mindless poop?) lammy: it always amazes me that people elect ignorant vessels such as this to place their political hopes and dreams in. Apparently Brits are as guilty of that as Americans.

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