That's funny - knock him in the head and ask him if he's dead! I was thinking of that song before I even read it in your post!Was reading this paperback years ago The Final Conclave...sure seems strange that when the pope passes, at some point they knock him in the head with a silver hammer and ask him if he's dead. Wonder if anyone ever goofed? Got sent down to one of the lower levels of purgatory...or maybe just got sent to clean the nun's john over in Florence or some place. Wondered at the time, too, if the Beatle's song was about their silver hammer...bang! bang! Maxwell's silver hammer la-la la-de-toe!