Sister Cagney and Sister Lacey.

[ABSTRUSE]

Sounds Like an Idea for a TV Series...



BERLIN (Reuters) - Two German nuns took the law into their own hands and recovered a picture of the Virgin Mary stolen from their Franciscan hospital, police said Tuesday.



The engraving vanished Saturday and Sisters Georgia and Isabella decided not to leave the case just to the police.


"The two nuns took a car and scoured the local area on Sunday morning," said a police spokesman. "They got lucky and found the picture at a flea market."


"When the seller asked for 500 euros they said they would have to ring to get someone to bring the money. Instead they called the police," he said.


The seller is being investigated for handling stolen goods.


I would watch a show where nuns kick ass. Hell, I'd audition for it.

 

[matriarch]

Sounds Like an Idea for a TV Series...



BERLIN (Reuters) - Two German nuns took the law into their own hands and recovered a picture of the Virgin Mary stolen from their Franciscan hospital, police said Tuesday.



The engraving vanished Saturday and Sisters Georgia and Isabella decided not to leave the case just to the police.


"The two nuns took a car and scoured the local area on Sunday morning," said a police spokesman. "They got lucky and found the picture at a flea market."


"When the seller asked for 500 euros they said they would have to ring to get someone to bring the money. Instead they called the police," he said.


The seller is being investigated for handling stolen goods.


I would watch a show where nuns kick ass. Hell, I'd audition for it.

My god, Abs in a habit.
Mother superior........can you sing?
How do you solve a problem like Maria???
Can you mountain climb?
In a habit?

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Re: Re: Sister Cagney and Sister Lacey.

My god, Abs in a habit.
Mother superior........can you sing?
How do you solve a problem like Maria???
Can you mountain climb?
In a habit?

No, but I can throw a crucifix like a ninja star and get someone in a choke hold wiith my rosary beads.

 

[R. Richard]

I would watch a show where nuns kick ass. Hell, I'd audition for it.

ABSTRUSE:
If I may gnetly reprove you. Nuns do not kick ass.

Some years back an idiot stole some fancy religious articles from a Catholic church not too far from where I then lived. Sister Bernadetta ( 5 feet tall, maybe 100 pounds dripping wet) scoured the neighborhood and located the missing loot. The thief was about to depart with the loot. SB contacted my next door neighbor who had a large, oafish son. Son was gone and next door put the arm on me. I was able to recover the loot.

Later, the police showed up at the church. They asked SB about the burglary report. SB told them that the missing items had been recovered. The officers told SB that they suspected that they had the thief, who was badly beaten and in the hospital. They wanted to know how SB had recovered the loot. SB fixed them with a gimlet eye and said that she had prayed to the 'Blessed Virgin,' how else would a poor lady recover stolen goods? She then questioned the officers about the attendance at Mass of one Sgt. O'Reilly. End of interview.

How dare anyone even think the SB might have kicked the ass of the thief? Heaven will provide!
R. Richard

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Re: Re: Sister Cagney and Sister Lacey.

ABSTRUSE:
If I may gnetly reprove you. Nuns do not kick ass.

Some years back an idiot stole some fancy religious articles from a Catholic church not too far from where I then lived. Sister Bernadetta ( 5 feet tall, maybe 100 pounds dripping wet) scoured the neighborhood and located the missing loot. The thief was about to depart with the loot. SB contacted my next door neighbor who had a large, oafish son. Son was gone and next door put the arm on me. I was able to recover the loot.

Later, the police showed up at the church. They asked SB about the burglary report. SB told them that the missing items had been recovered. The officers told SB that they suspected that they had the thief, who was badly beaten and in the hospital. They wanted to know how SB had recovered the loot. SB fixed them with a gimlet eye and said that she had prayed to the 'Blessed Virgin,' how else would a poor lady recover stolen goods? She then questioned the officers about the attendance at Mass of one Sgt. O'Reilly. End of interview.

How dare anyone even think the SB might have kicked the ass of the thief? Heaven will provide!
R. Richard

Nuns have mystical powers then?

 

[Black Tulip]

I would watch a show where nuns kick ass. Hell, I'd audition for it.

I have a sudden horrible vision of I think Sally Fields as the Flying Nun.

Oh-my-god!!!

Thank you, Abs, for this wonderful image right before I go to bed. Really, very thoughtful of you.

 

[R. Richard]

Re: Re: Re: Sister Cagney and Sister Lacey.

Nuns have mystical powers then?

Perhaps obfuscatory would be a better word here.

 

[Lord DragonsWing]

Damn, I just thought of the old show Cagney and Lacey about two female police detectives. I'd tried to forget about that. Now I have flashbacks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[nushu2]

I can see it now. A pair of nuns driving around in a red Ford Torino, or how about a yellow Ferrari Daytona convertible in Miami. How about a nun cave under the convent that they slide down nun-poles to get to. They could twist the nipple on the statue of Virgin Mary to open a secret passage. Gotta go, that lightning is getting close. Blammo!

 

[sincerely_helene]

Sounds Like an Idea for a TV Series...

I would watch a show where nuns kick ass. Hell, I'd audition for it.

Don't you think casting Whoopie was a bold enough stretch??

 

[SnoopDog]

Hell hath no fury like a German nun.

Snoopy

 

[Weird Harold]

Re: Re: Sister Cagney and Sister Lacey.

I have a sudden horrible vision of I think Sally Fields as the Flying Nun.

Yep, Sally Fields played the Flying Nun and there were a few episodes where she played detective and/or swooped in to the rescue in the nick of time.

Actually, there have been a few TV series in the past that featured "vigilante" nuns and/or priests -- or at least detectives.

Tom Bosley (of Charlies Angel fame) played a priest that solved crimes for a season in the 80's and there was another series that featured a rather good looking brunette as a sort of "Nancy Drew ina habit". (it didn't last a full season, IIRC, but the lead character was defintiely wasted as a Nun. )

If we go beyond TV, I think it's Carole Nelson Douglas who writes a mystery series about a Nun solving crimes.

Unfortunately, I'm having a senior moment right now, and can't put names to any of the series.

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Re: Re: Re: Sister Cagney and Sister Lacey.

Yep, Sally Fields played the Flying Nun ... Tom Bosley (of Charlies Angel fame) played a priest...

Naturally, Cadfael is Charlie.