[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Re: Whacking the Pope with a hammer?

[Edward Terry <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> It has been so long since the last pope died that I didn't ever remember 
> this ritual.  I assume it goes back many years to before they had reliable 
> ways of judging death.

There is still no absolutely reliable method (except maybe some very 
expensive and rarely used diagnostic tests) unless you hit them with a 
hammer, drive a stake through their heart, or fill them with embalming 
fluid.  Embalming fluid is presumably more "modern," and also provides 
the funeral industry another product to sell.  Perhaps we should switch 
to the hammer method; it's cheaper and it works just as well.

Edward

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