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Old 27 September 2009, 08:33 PM
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The pope didn't seem to notice at first — but journalists following the speech on a large screen flinched as the spider inched toward Benedict's neck.
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Old 28 September 2009, 11:16 AM
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That's a tiddler. When somebody says 'not-so-itsy-bitsy' I picture something about as big as the palm of my hand at least.
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Old 28 September 2009, 11:24 AM
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Is it wrong that I imagined hundreds more of the spiders emerging to crawl all over the popester there, like something out of 'The Mummy'?
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That's a tiddler. When somebody says 'not-so-itsy-bitsy' I picture something about as big as the palm of my hand at least.
Agreed. I was expecting a really large one.
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Hope he remembered what happened when President Obama swatted a fly!

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Well, that makes this Diamanda Galas quote necessary:

Sono la prova.
Sono la salva.
Sono la carne macellata.
Sono la sanzione.
Sono il sacrificio.
Sono il Ragno Nero.
Sono il scherno.
Sono la Santa Sede.
Sono le feci dal Signore.
Sono lo segno.
Sono la pestilenza.
Sono l'Antichristo.
Sono l'Antichristo.
Sono l'Antichristo.
Sono l'Antichristo.
Sono l'Antichristo.
Sono l'Antichristo.
Sono l'Antichristo.

Translation (cut out some obvious bits):

I am the token
I am the salvation
I am the butcher’s meat
I am the sanction
I am the sacrifice
I am the Black Spider
I am the scourge
I am the Holy Fool
I am the shit of God
I am the sign
I am the plague
I am the Antichrist
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