-Caveat Lector-
Personally, I want to see Pope toilet paper.
The motto could be "The Church is Always on Your Ass!"
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> From: Robert Tatman[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> Subject: [CTRL] Ready For Pope Potato Chips?
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> -Caveat Lector-
>
> "At a news conference, church spokesman Hector Fernandez assured the
> faithful
> that `the Holy Father will not be linked to the advertising campaign nor
> will
> he go out dressed as a potato.'"
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> Ready For Pope Potato Chips?
>
> MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Remember Pope-on-a-Rope-Soap? Well, get ready for
> papal potato chips.
>
> A Mexican potato chip company is helping local Roman Catholic Church
> officials
> raise funds for Pope John Paul II's four-day visit this month by adding
> photographs of the pope or the Virgin of Guadeloupe inside each bag of
> Sabritas brand potato chips.
>
> For two pesos, or about 20 cents, collectors can purchase a special album
> from
> Sabritas to hold 10 different pictures. Proceeds from the album sales will
> go
> to the Catholic Church in Mexico. If all nine million albums are sold,
> that
> would mean 18 million pesos, or about $1.8 million, for the church.
>
> The pope's visit is expected to cost about $1.2 million.
>
> At a news conference, church spokesman Hector Fernandez assured the
> faithful
> that ``the Holy Father will not be linked to the advertising campaign nor
> will
> he go out dressed as a potato.''
>
> In Spanish, the word for pope and potato is the same: papa. It was not
> clear
> if a pun was intended.
>
> Asked if it was a bit cheeky to drop a picture of the pope into a bag of
> chips, Fernandez said no. ``It's not a promotional event,'' but instead
> designed to spread the pope's message to every corner of Mexico, he said.
>
> Sabritas officials said they did not expect to increase sales or make
> extra
> profits off the campaign, even though Mexicans love to plaster images of
> the
> Virgin and the pope on everything from taxis and buses to lunch boxes and
> window displays.
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