Weekend conversations 1

"Well. Your pope is dead. Good for him."

"He is not my pope. I am not Catholic. I just wanted to know so that I will know what to expect from your country."

"Well, everyone is supposed to be sad and grieving. All the church bells in this archipelago are ringing for the dead pope. But tomorrow, life, miserable as it is, will go on."

"I take it you're not going to church today."

"No."