Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Albania Wants Agnes Back

Albania is asking for the return of the mortal remains of Sister Agnes (Mother Teresa). So, what's the problem? Let them have her back. If the Calcutta missionaries wail about it, let them go to Albania and spend the rest of their lives there fighting the Albanian courts. Once the remains are sent there, I doubt you could ever pry them away no matter what. Let it be our gift to Europe, as a boost to bilateral relations. If we really want to drive a hard bargain, we can ask the Albanians to take the entire Calcutta mission along with the remains. The nuns will be happier nearer to her, anyway.

1 comment:

nizhal yoddha said...

let 'em have the old hag's decayed bones! agnes boxahjiu (or whatever) deserves to go back home, so that when the alleged Rapture shows up, she in her moldering bones can be raised physically to heaven by the alleged jesus, along with all her fellow-maniac friends and relatives!

if m t's bones remain in india, john dayal will soon start arranging 'miracles' near her tomb. lepers will heal! the blind will see! the lame will walk! and the godmen will make huge profits! let me remind you folks once again (at the risk of boring some of yu) about that marvelous character, the beatified kochappi, whose 'grave' had these properties, if you simply ate the soil from it. padres soil merchants made a total killing, trucking in soil every night and selling it for rs. 10 (those were pre-inflation days) a pop. kochappi was fast-tracked to sainthood. then when the mad kochappi actually showed up one day, the padres beat him to death!

(per the short story by ponkunnam varkey -- lapsed catholic and caustic whistleblower re church hoaxes and other fun stuff).

btw, isn't albania a mohammedan majority country?