Dirty jokes and papal rosaries mix in Chile mine saga
COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) - Contact between 33 Chilean miners trapped for weeks underground and the outside world took an irreverent twist on Thursday, as the men passed dirty jokes to the surface -- and the Pope sent down blessed rosaries.
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