The bishop and the beaver... Smells fishy!

[Rokcet Scientist]

What I'm opposed to is some prick in a dress with a dusty old book who says I shouldn't eat meat on a particular day because his imaginary friend says so.

This particular practice does not even have that much substance behind it. Fucking jesus never gave such an order. This is the kind of bullshit that the church came up with all on its own and when you think about the majority of its members it is about the most pointless of all arguments. Only the nobility could afford to eat meat on a regular basis anyway. The rest of the dolts were getting by on gruel.

Gruel of cabbage. And gruel of turnips. And cabbage pancakes. And turnip pancakes. And mushrooms. And cabbage/turnip/mushroom pancakes. And maybe once a week poached hare. And coarse bread. Lots of bread. And beer! Liters every day! Because drinking water was dangerous.
Still is.

Giving up meat was the least of their worries. Probably aimed at priests and bishops who were getting fat off the work of the peasants. Some things never change in the church.

Seems ol' Benedict is in a bit of a situation right now, though. It's the talk of the town in Italy. Lots of rumours. Like he hasn't got control of the curiae. And he's supposed to be sick. And that there's been an assassination attempt on him. And that his no. 2 is totally unfit for the job. Whatever that may mean.

Juicy times!