When six people in a Kansas thrift store elected their own pope
by Ellsworth Toohey from Boing Boing on (#7719T)
In July 1990, six people - a would-be priest, his parents, and three others - gathered in the family thrift store in Belvue, Kansas and held what they called a papal conclave. On the first ballot they elected one of their own, 30-year-old David Bawden, who took the name Pope Michael. - Read the rest
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