Yes, popes are chosen because of their age and wisdom. Kings and Queens are chosen because they just so happened to have been born first in line into a certain family.
You see now, i always thought that the white smoke thing was just a gathering by the more senior kiddie diddlers, deciding who was going to be the next chief diddler over a ****ing great big doobie. Of course they couldn't be found smoking this so they all gathered around the fireplace so that the smoke would go up the chimney. Hence the white very weed like smoke being associated with making the decision on the next big diddler himself. Maybe i've been wrong all these years then.
This should have been on the Chelsea board - then I could have been pedantic and said that, strictly speaking it should be Vatican City 0
I would imagine that by the look of his face, he's quite hurt you said that. please log in to view this image