Why I should be the next ArchBishop of Canterbury
or JKRowling (c)
By
Michael Casey
I was reading about the job vacancy for Arch
Bishop or Canterbury, I immediately thought I should apply. My eyebrows are
just as wild as the present post holder. I could work one day a week, Sunday,
and enjoy all the perks. Canterbury is very nice too, my friend did his Bsc and
PhD there, I was even at the PhD ceremony in the cathedral itself, must be
25years ago now. I even remember his mum bought a new hat but in the end did
not wear it. Then years later I got him to sign the wedding register for me
with his Dr title, hoping that it would impress people in the future. There was
another PhD there, Dr William from Taiwan, who was a metallurgy expert, and
enjoyed meeting my dad a blacksmith.
I'd love dressing up in all those costumes too and
the fancy "walking stick", all the fun in the cathedrals would be
nice. I was an altar boy for a number of years. The incense was always fun and disposing
of the charcoal down the drain and watching it fizz was fantastic for an 8 year
old. Funerals were my favourite, I did 30 of them, all the smoke and candles,
and splashing of holy water. In them days Black was king, but the reading about
Lazarus was so nice. Coming back from the dead. I do of course have speaking
experience too, I used to read the 2 lessons from the Bible that we had at
every Mass. So I remember tons of Bible passages, as I've heard it all my life.
So all in all I'd make a good Archbishop of Canterbury, and I love Lambeth
Palace as a London home. Though there might be one problem, I am a Catholic,
but perhaps that is the future for the C of E crowd.
As for JK Rowling, God bless her, no she doesn't
need to kiss my ring. She is brave trying to try a different format for her
writing, a grown up book, for grown ups. People will be disappointed whatever
she does, her past will always be compared to her present. I wrote a play
called Shoplife and immediately it was accepted for production, though not
finally produced. See Amazon Kindle author page for details. You or rather she
may be fantastic at her Harry Potters, but anything else may not gel with the
audience, people want what they are used to. You have your coffee, or is it
horlicks at this time of night, you have your bedtime drink, it may be 4 pints
of Stella. But you have what you like and you enjoy it. Nobody would change
CocaCola colours to green and blue would they? It is what it is. So for JK
Rowling to change she really is taking a chance, take a chance on me as Abba
sings. I read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle got fed up with Sherlock Holmes, so I can
understand JK Rowling wanting to get out of the straight jacket, she just wants
to break free, as Queen sings. Comedians want to act Hamlet, Frank Carson was
always sure in his skin. He stayed at our hotel once, Roger drove him to the
airport in the morning and nearly crashed the van, why? Because Frank had him
laughing and crying with laughter, because Frank Carson was always switched on.
So JK Rowling, if you want a change of gear and to
get away from your past, why not run for ArchBishop of Canterbury. You will
have to fight me first for all the fancy costumes, and somehow I doubt you'll
ever have the bushy eyebrows. And maybe
its time for a female head of the church.But both of us would make a better job
of it compared to the present guy. MIAOW
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