"Is the Pope (a) Catholic?" (1963);

[Wilson Gray]

On Apr 3, 2005, at 1:09 AM, Mullins, Bill wrote:

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> Other questions of similar intent:
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> Does a bear shit in the woods?
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> (and I believe Tom Clancy once had a character express this one as
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> the ursine mammal evacuate its bowels in the arboreal regions", which =
> would definitely be a military/government/technospeak way of phrasing =
> it.)
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> Does the Pope wear a funny hat?
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> Does Rose Kennedy have a black dress?
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> Is a pig's pecker pork?
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> Are a bull's balls beef?
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> Does a frog have a watertight ass?
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> Has a cat got a climbing gear?
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> and finally,
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> Does the Pope shit in the woods?
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Isn't this last part of a set? I.e.:

Is the Pope a Catholic?
Does a bear shit in the woods?
Is the Pope a bear?
Does a Catholic shit in the woods?
Is a bear a Catholic?
Does the Pope [R.I.P.] shit in the woods?

-Wilson Gray