(This Is What It Looks Like) When Popes Die
April 3, 2005 | By Adam Roberts | 4 CommentsI know this isn’t food related, but it’s history related and I was temporarily across the street. Plus there’s my Prince song parody title which I couldn’t let go unposted. Here’s the picture I took:

Just to ensure I don’t lose food blog credibility, let’s see how many steps it takes to get from POPE to FOOD. (If you can do it in fewer steps, you win a popemobile!)
POPE
POPS
FOPS
FOOS (as in foos ball?)
FOOD
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I didn’t do it in less, but I did do it with real words:
POPE
POLE
MOLE
MOLD
MOOD
FOOD
pope
pooe (old english spelling of poo)
fooe (scottish dialectically correct spelling of fooey)
food
It’s spelled foose ball. There is an E on the end.
Nice Prince song reference in the title!