Paper Monitor
16:36 UK time, Thursday, 14 March 2013
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
It's an edition of Pope Monitor - sorry - today, as the newspapers riff off the newly-elected leader of the Catholic Church.
The Sun leads with "Hand of God", intelligently blending the new Pope Francis' Argentinian heritage with probably the only other thing the Sun knows to have come out of Argentina.
Old rival the Daily Mirror provides a fresh take. Wait for it.
"The New Hand of God".
Hmm...clunkier but technically more precise.
There's even a picture captioned "Old Hand" next to Maradona's famous original in case there's any confusion. OK, so, Old Hand, Maradona. New Hand, Pope. Got it.
But what Paper Monitor didn't quite get was Metro's "The Cross of Changes?" headline.
After some scratching of the head wondering what pun had been missed, a quick internet search revealed all.
The Cross of Changes was a 1993 album released by New Age band Enigma.
Ah, that makes perfect sense. The best puns are clearly ones that require an internet search and then still don't seem relevant.
Perhaps that's why the Daily Mail opted out of the Pope-punning on the P-opening day of Francis' leadership.
"At 76, can the first Pope born outside Europe for 1,300 years clean up his troubled church?"
Wordy, with a dash of mild ageism. Hmmmmm.
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