This week at The Dabbler my cupboard features the well-loved Hooting Yard Pontiff Mnemonic. When declaimed aloud it is always a crowd-pleaser, so I should take this opportunity to remind readers that, for an appropriate fee, I will be happy to come and shout it aloud at your community social cohesion hub or neighbourhood frolic ‘n’ learning zone. I was hoping I might get an invitation to boom it out at one of the official events during the imminent Papal visit, but as yet no Vatican nuncio has beaten a path to my door, alas.

ADDENDUM : In the comments at The Dabbler, Barendina Smedley asks “So, who’s going to set this as plainsong?” and imagines it being chanted lugubriously. Perhaps a musically inclined reader might wish to take up her suggestion…