Selecting a Loon of the Month was difficult this month. I was originally drawn to one or other of the Popes, just because declaring yourself to be the spiritual leader of several hundred million people who already think they have a leader is a mark of true loonity. Most would just start a new religion. I liked the way the Unarians and the Qalabahians used language to get their points across. I decided the award just had to go to the anti-gravity theory because the patent has been accepted.
Quintessential loons crave acceptance, and a patent trumps a self-published book any time.
Then I had a mental image of a field with people walking across it, each holding something in his hand. There is a loud noise, followed by faint plopping and splattering sounds. Popery added 30 March 2000 I try to stay away from religious matters here at Quintessence of the Loon. The muckrakers along the corridor at The Millenium Project look after the bigots and faith healers, and the ones who sing and pray aren't usually much loonier than, say, a conclave of hog-belly futures traders. My attention was caught, however, when I saw Pope John Paul II on the television, apparently on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.