Pope Benedict has stunned the world and even his closest advisors by announcing that he will step down as Pope on February 28. The 85-year-old Pontiff said doesn’t have the physical strengh to carry out is duties. He’s the first Pope to voluntarily step down in 600 years.
- You can’t blame him…he did wear a lot of heavy hats!
- The Pope said he will spend his retirement following his favorite baseball team…the Cardinals.
- Picking a new Pope is a lot like watching Woody Harrelson’s house. You just wait until a lot of white smoke comes out of the chimney.
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Last night Grammy’s featured a lot of boobage, despite the fact that CBS has warned perfomers to wear clothing that covered up their “Genitals, butts and breasts”.
- The two rule breakers were Katy Perry’s Cleavage-Festival Green gown and the even more buxom…Elton John’s Man-Boobs.
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Beyonce shocked Red Carpet Critics when she showed up in a black and white top and black stretch pants clinging to her ample rear end.
- She was going to borrow the strech pants from Kim Kardashian, but the tailor said it would have taken weeks to have the butt area taken-in.
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The best “Rap Performance” Grammy went to Beyonce’s husband Jay-Z, and Kanye West for “N— as in Paris”.
- How far we’ve come from “April in Paris”.
- In an eerily familar move, Kanye jumped up on stage and announced that “Beyonce’s husband had the greatest video of all time!”
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The “Best Dancing Recording” award went to Skillex featuring Sirah for their hit “Bangarang”.
- Wasn’t that Bill Clinton’s campaign theme song?
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The second family in a week has come forward claiming that Donald Duck didn’t hug their child at Disneyland because they’re black.
- Maybe he was afraid of a sexual harrassment suit since, let’s face it, the guy doesn’t wear pants!
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Brown University announced that the student health insurance plan would now cover sex change operations.
- Let’s just hope the kids who take advantage of it live in a Co-Ed dorm.
- The new policy is known as “Really Changing Your Major”.
- One parent was excited saying, “I never got letters from my son…but daughters are so much better at staying in touch!”
- You won’t know who had the operations until graduation day when students wear nothing under their robes.
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On this day in 1554 Lady Jane Grey was beheaded after being Queen of England for only nine days.
- Apparently she didn’t listen to Anne Boleyn who told her never to tell the King that she was “Head over heals” in love with him!
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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Tuesday! And don’t forget the Salvation Army’s Bed & Bread Club 16-Hour Radiothon - 6am to 10pm - live from the Oakland Mall and broadcast on 760 WJR. It’s coming up on Friday, February 22! SAVE THE DATE!
-Dick