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is it black smoke? is it white smoke?
bells, the bells? no bells.
the suspense!
what would make this a spectacular display would be for Rome to invite the Red Devils along and have them buzzing around spewing red, white and blue at the allotted time!
sorry, they are the Red Arrows!
http://www.freefoto...owse.jsp?id=20-12-0
what was I thinking about? [po, Apr 19 2005]
Say 'hello' to Pope Benedict XVI
http://news.bbc.co..../europe/4462077.stm
[angel, Apr 19 2005]
Father Guido Sarducci
http://home.earthli...rasohn/aboutgs.html
It would have been cool if they had elected this guy. [jaksplat, Apr 19 2005]
The Bells
http://eserver.org/books/poe/bells.html
.. bells ... bells .... bells ........ [reensure, Apr 20 2005]
Father Ted Crilly
http://www.fatherte...e.ukf.net/whois.htm
You know it makes sense. [DrBob, Apr 20 2005]
Pope Cliff the first?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001652/
For a min. I got the names confused & this was my first association. [Zimmy, Apr 20 2005]
"The Popes: A History" by John Julius Norwich
http://www.amazon.c...d=1310400237&sr=1-1
Entertaining & thoroughly recommended. [DrBob, Jul 11 2011]
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white with bells. 16mins ago at 1600 GMT |
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I'd give anything to be there now, regardless my religious affiliation. Shouldn't a differently-named squadron commence the flyover? Just for a more tasteful display, d'ya mind? |
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an historic moment nonetheless. |
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It seems the new holy father has appeared, in traditional fashion. Very beautiful presentation. News featured the fact that only three current Cardinals are old enough to have participated in a previous conclave. Damn. I guess our politicians know better on which side their leather is tanned. |
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[po] No problem - the Red Devils are the Parachute Regiment's display team - they could freefall into St Peter's Sq, with smoke grenades strapped to their legs, as they often do in displays. |
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Could the cardinals parachute in instead? They've got great uniforms already, they're just lacking the smoke canisters. |
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Showing your age [Ian_Tindale] - M, 1979 |
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copro... surely we don't want devils parachuting in on the pope though... |
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Heh... I just figured out 'coprocephalous'. |
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What? My mate told me it was a dinosaur. |
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<pats [shit for brains] on the head> |
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<proffers sugar lump as booby prize> |
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"There's only one way to settle this: Pope Idol." |
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[po] Hook, line and sinker - "disingenuous" is my middle name. <grabs sugar lump and runs> |
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What exactly is coprecaphalous? It sounds vaguely like a degenerative brain disease. |
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[disbomber] Look up "coprolite", or "coprophage" and "hydrocephalus" and draw your own conclusions. |
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Strangely, I didn't really think about this til last night. Evidently I wasn't alone. Odd coincidence. |
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[copr] I am very, very relieved you didn't know what it was. I worried you actually meant it.
Oh, wait, I was getting confused with 'coprophage'. Phew. It's a good job I'm the only one in my head...
('cept me, obviously). |
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Exits stage left with chorus of cardinals, high-kicking and singing "This is my Sistene Chapel Moment..." |
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so this isn't about a robotic pope then? |
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Oh no [moomintroll] I knew exactly what it meant, and it is apposite, as many who know me will testify. |
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hah! I looked up 'apposite'...I learn something new here every day. |
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Important Cardinal guy: "Robo-pope could never really relate to people.
To rectify the situation, the church proudly announces: Zombie Pope: Father of the living and undead! While some in the church have issued reservations about having an undead, soulless ghoul as the head of the church and vicar of Christ, we're confident that he will take the hearts and minds of the people in time.
Let's go to the Vatican where the new Pope Boris the 1st is about to utter his first pronouncements as head of the Holy See." |
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"BRRRAAAAAIIIINNSSSSS!!!" |
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o.k. lets get Ninja Pope and Pirate Pope out of the way... |
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Ratzinger, not Ratzenberger. For a second there I thought I might develop an interest in Catholisism. |
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White smoke, black past," said the headline in the mass circulation Yediot Ahronot. "From the Nazi youth movement to the Vatican |
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Rat Zinger sounds like a halfbaked invention. |
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Bun for "Father Ted for Pope" campaign. |
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I'd rather Bernard Black. |
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I thought Cardinal Zin was funny, but Cardinal Sin tops all. (John Ratzenberger was Cliff the mailman on Cheers). |
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What about the Blue Angels team from the Navy doing a fly-over demonstration? That would be more appropriate. |
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So does this mean we have a fourth reich? |
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A baby magically appears in the Rows of the
Beholder's : Does the Cardinals 'eat' the little One ??,
:-). |
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//I thought Cardinal Zin was funny, but Cardinal Sin tops all//
I think there used to be a Cardinal Sicola.
Why he never made it to the top job is beyond me - imagine the sponsorship deals! |
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I think he was under pressure from his competitor, Cardinal Reinke Nista |
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