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And one of the ways that manifests is you have... You know, these outfits that they've been sporting since the Renaissance. One of the funniest ones you can see is you should look up what the Swiss guards wear. The Swiss guard outfits are quite colorful. They're they were literally I'm not making this up. They were designed by Michelangelo. That one Sistine Chapel ceiling statue of David.

He also designed those outfits. Probably not on par with his other artistic achievements, but they have their place. And so that's what you're seeing. You're seeing the visual element of the Catholic Church as this very old institution. And, you know, the way conclaves are done is very much the way conclaves have been done for hundreds of years, except for the smoke thing.

He also designed those outfits. Probably not on par with his other artistic achievements, but they have their place. And so that's what you're seeing. You're seeing the visual element of the Catholic Church as this very old institution. And, you know, the way conclaves are done is very much the way conclaves have been done for hundreds of years, except for the smoke thing.

Actually, the smoke thing is only about 100 years old. Only 100. Is that right? Yeah.

Actually, the smoke thing is only about 100 years old. Only 100. Is that right? Yeah.

So definitely— As we like to do now, we check the odds, and of course there was betting odds. Is there a betting odds market? Yeah, there were betting odds on the Pope. You're kidding me. What has happened is with the fast conclave, the odds that it was Cardinal Parolin, I don't know how you say these things, that went up. As I told you, he's kind of the centric, he's like the boring pick.

So definitely— As we like to do now, we check the odds, and of course there was betting odds. Is there a betting odds market? Yeah, there were betting odds on the Pope. You're kidding me. What has happened is with the fast conclave, the odds that it was Cardinal Parolin, I don't know how you say these things, that went up. As I told you, he's kind of the centric, he's like the boring pick.

He would be the sort of, let's not shake anything up too much guy. Choice, and it's very possible you got that if you got a pick on.

He would be the sort of, let's not shake anything up too much guy. Choice, and it's very possible you got that if you got a pick on.

This is probably I think only the fourth ballot, so you probably didn't have any dramatic swerves to a dark horse candidate out of nowhere if you're only going three or four ballots that might have been, you know, one or two to shake out very unlikely contenders and then we have two thirds. There we go. Of course, this could all be proven wrong in a matter of minutes.

This is probably I think only the fourth ballot, so you probably didn't have any dramatic swerves to a dark horse candidate out of nowhere if you're only going three or four ballots that might have been, you know, one or two to shake out very unlikely contenders and then we have two thirds. There we go. Of course, this could all be proven wrong in a matter of minutes.

So but that is if you're getting one out very quickly, it's probably they were able to pretty quickly have the different wings of the church agree on some sort of sometimes they'll say compromise pick or just consensus pick or a choice who's not going to rock the boat too much in one direction or the other.

So but that is if you're getting one out very quickly, it's probably they were able to pretty quickly have the different wings of the church agree on some sort of sometimes they'll say compromise pick or just consensus pick or a choice who's not going to rock the boat too much in one direction or the other.

Yeah, so Charlie just stepped out for a second here. We could be getting the Pope literally any second at this point. They said about an hour. It has been about an hour now, and so it could be happening at any time. Just for fun, Jack, what name are you hoping that the new Pope will take?

Yeah, so Charlie just stepped out for a second here. We could be getting the Pope literally any second at this point. They said about an hour. It has been about an hour now, and so it could be happening at any time. Just for fun, Jack, what name are you hoping that the new Pope will take?

If we heard that correctly.

If we heard that correctly.

I was literally yesterday, I was telling one of the staffers, I was like, okay, there's various contenders. They'll probably never pick an American as pope. I just got... I got owned very badly. I did fortunately say, all predictions wrong or your money back, and you get total surprise ones. And this is definitely...

I was literally yesterday, I was telling one of the staffers, I was like, okay, there's various contenders. They'll probably never pick an American as pope. I just got... I got owned very badly. I did fortunately say, all predictions wrong or your money back, and you get total surprise ones. And this is definitely...

Like he said, there was some coverage of him as a potential pope, but very much second, third tier even of the potential candidates. There will be a lot of efforts to define him. I suspect this can go in directions people don't expect very quickly. So I don't I don't want to assume anything. He might be I'm looking trying to see here. He might be the first August order of St. Augustine.