A phrase to indicate that the topic or news a person is talking about is old or out of date.
First used on OWLSTALK - based on the tragic death of Pope John Paul II which results in a few hundred threads about "Hey did you see on the news - the Pope died."
The Pope can also be replaced by some other ancient event or figure
In the immortal words of David H. Stocky, "It's the last part of the chickenover the fence".
Pertaining usually to fried chicken, it is the extremely crispy , heavy skin piece, indicitive of the chicken's hind quarters.
When dad laid down the chicken bucket, I always grabbed the crispiest peice, and it was usuallythe popes nose. Mmmm crunchy!