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They used to take wet straw, wet straw would make the smoke dark. dry straw would make it light. that's what we're watching for on smoke watch to recognize the color of the smoke. it has been notoriously difficult because smoke at the end of the day is kind of smoke. and some who watch this have joked around, with all of the advances we've had in pyrotechniques, can't they reach out to the gucci family and get this smoke to burst out in beautiful colors? but that hasn't been done yet. >> we'll be watching for the smoke. hopefully they'll get it right and bells will ring as well. you're on pope...

Process. the vote is done, every man must write down his vote with a specific language about him believing that this is the man who god intends to be pope. he has to walk it up, he has to hold it over his head so everyone can see the ballot. it is folded in half, so his vote is not exposed to everyone. he places it in a special urn which you can read like 15 pages about if you wanted to. and then he stares at michelangelo's last judgment, the beautiful painting and also bringing in the severity of the situation. and he goes and sits down. 115 times, right? so you get two votes in the morning. ...