General Discussion

rainbow4321

(9,974 posts) Wed May 24, 2017, 05:23 AM May 2017

Snap! Pope asks Melania "what do you give him to eat"? [View all]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4536468/This-great-honor-Trump-meets-Pope.html

'What do you give him to eat?' he asked Melania Trump in Italian, referring to the president's hulking size. 'Potizza?'
'Potizza!' a delighted Melania responded, laughing. Potizza is a Slovenian dessert.

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

49 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Snap! Pope asks Melania "what do you give him to eat"? [View all] rainbow4321 May 2017 OP

I love our new Pope! He knows secondwind May 2017 #1

My grandmother was born in Slovenia in 1889 and immigrated to America lamp_shade May 2017 #2

Do you use sour cream for the dough? Drahthaardogs May 2017 #23

Nope. scalded milk lamp_shade May 2017 #45

The Pope called him fat to his face Botany May 2017 #3

Yep. "You look a lot fatter in person." L. Coyote May 2017 #36

With TWO scoops of ice cream and a bucket of KFC on the side! Buns_of_Fire May 2017 #4

This is hilarious! Ilsa May 2017 #5

Knuckle sandwich Scarsdale May 2017 #7

Why is Melania wearing a veil here out of respect, but not in Saudi Arabia? femmedem May 2017 #6

I don't think she was raised Catholic, but Ilsa May 2017 #8

Catholicism is the biggest religion in Slovenia hack89 May 2017 #9

Because she feels like it? J/S. WinkyDink May 2017 #11

Because screw the Saudis IronLionZion May 2017 #13

HA! Thank you for that 7962 May 2017 #17

True and now it is not even required of treestar May 2017 #20

Choice is a powerful thing IronLionZion May 2017 #24

I thought the head veil, covering of the knees and shoulders was protocol in the Vatican. woodsprite May 2017 #39

You are likely right treestar May 2017 #42

I thought the same thing. Bet it's being noted by the Muslims. brush May 2017 #25

Two words: Ligyron May 2017 #10

BTW, this shows Melania knows Italian. WinkyDink May 2017 #12

Or maybe the Pope spoke to cyclonefence May 2017 #16

No, he spoke in Italian. Like many Europeans, M. probably knows more than her native Slovenian and WinkyDink May 2017 #26

So we continue to be told cyclonefence May 2017 #34

Check out the video posted in the thread "Holier than thou visit" cyclonefence May 2017 #44

Maybe she was bewildered by the suggestion that its her job to feed the big cheetoman. milestogo May 2017 #49

I believe she knows 5 languages; Italian is one of them nt 7962 May 2017 #18

I know that. I posted for those who denigrate her knowledge simply because of how she's risen in the WinkyDink May 2017 #28

Got it. I agree. 7962 May 2017 #30

Well, I'm a college graduate, for what that's worth, and she's not. nt cyclonefence May 2017 #35

Which means you successfully completed college. Good job on that. 7962 May 2017 #46

She knows Slovenian, English, French, German, and Serbian IronLionZion May 2017 #21

Well, except for this bit of Italian conversation she had with the Pope. WinkyDink May 2017 #29

Maybe she knows Italian, that would be 6 languages IronLionZion May 2017 #37

Or, at least recognizes the word potizza dhol82 May 2017 #22

She understood the Pope's Italian enough to know he was making a joke. Do you not know he would WinkyDink May 2017 #32

Did she actually reply to him in Italian or just do a nervous giggle? dhol82 May 2017 #43

It also shows how much... Aviation Pro May 2017 #14

Potizza yuiyoshida May 2017 #15

Looks good to me Renew Deal May 2017 #47

yup...btw yuiyoshida May 2017 #48

Trivia: Potizza belongs to a "family" of cakes found everywhere in Eastern Europe. DetlefK May 2017 #19

Well, now I want some! WinkyDink May 2017 #33

Doesn't the Pope have an ORB? underpants May 2017 #27

Nice write-up dalton99a May 2017 #31

"Say lady, what do you feed this water buffalo?"...... "You mean other than my soul?" nt Guy Whitey Corngood May 2017 #38

Or maybe lots of Putin whistler162 May 2017 #40

I wanted the Pope to perform an exorcism on Donnie while he was there. n/t woodsprite May 2017 #41