McCatholic Mourning

I'm not sure if this is corporate policy (is this a precedent?) or just the decision of one franchise owner, but the folks at the McDonald's restaurant on Rosecrans Avenue here in Hawthorne, California, have their flag lowered at half mast today, presumably to recognize the passing of the Pope. The effect is both absurd and oddly touching, mitigated as it is, by the brightly-colored banner affixed to the flagpole proclaiming "$1 Filet-o-Fish Fridays."