12 thoughts on “An inadvertent truth”

  1. I wonder whether it was actually inadvertent, or a sub-editor testing the concept of plausible deniability.

  2. It’s gone already. It’s now “Papal candidates woo Rome’s worshippers before ballot begins”

    1. Darn you, you dastardly Colon! Get back to Sans Seriffe (assuming you can find the place!)

        1. The Island group of Sans Seriffe. Are ye noo a Grauniad reader?
          Their Traveller’s Guide article on the place (long unfairly neglected by other travel writing departments) is reproduced here, and a more recent outing is described here. It really is one of the more geologically interesting islands of the world. I well remember a fruitful afternoon tutorial on trying to work out how it’s geomorphology could possibly work as an alternative to actually doing any work.
          Now, did I get my HTML correct without my mental crutches and add-ins?

          2. “Now,” in the immortal word of Michael Flanders, “would be an excellent time to fall rolling in the aisles, helpless with mirth.”

  5. It never occurred to me when I saw it, and it wouldn’t to most Guardian readers. The only meaning of `woo’ to them is as in the on-line dictionary:

    woo
    /wo͞o/
    Verb

    Try to gain the love of (someone, typically a woman), esp. with a view to marriage.
    Seek the favor, support, or custom of: “pop stars are wooed by film companies”.

    Synonyms
    court

    1. This diction leaves me wondering how His Wooship relates to his courtship?

  6. There is clearly a cheeky atheist working on the webpage of the guardian. The big featured article on the site right now, together with a not so advantageuos picture of what seems to be a fool in a hat laughing, has this headline:

    Wanted: pope
    No clear favourite as conclave begins

    However when you click to read the article, the heading is different. Again, who knows how long this small joke prevails before being taken down by mighty powers. Enjoy while it lasts!

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