An Unprepared Reporter Interviews the Pope.
Sorry I’m a bit flustered. I’m actually not the person who was supposed to do the interview. She is violently ill apparently (although I suspect it’s “hangover-itis,” if you know what I mean), and I got the call this morning and just rushed on over here. I’m a little nervous (hence the sweating!) because I’m not so much a “news” reporter per se as a columnist for the Life and Style section. But we’re such a small paper, and, I mean, c’mon, you’re the Pope, we did not want to miss out on that, so here I am!
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[mcsweeney’s - short imagined monologues]