Recalling an awkward church situation from an ungainly period, my sister says, "I didn't know what to do with my hands."
I think that sums up this county's response to the recent visit of Pope Benedict XVI: Awkward and gawky, attempting to be respectful and be adult, and somehow still sounding silly.
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