Let's talk a bit more about the queen's power of veto. So how many bills exactly has she vetoed?
Not a church fan after being brought up catholic and going to a school run by Christian Brothers, nothing at all nice about that lot I can tell you!
I can sympathise with the Pope though as I don't think I would want to head up an organisation that covers up child molestation and abuse or still be working at that age either.
"He has left a very personal signature as a thinker at the head of the Church, and also as a shepherd."
No wonder he's had enough! not only the pontiff but they had him looking after the Vatican sheep.
Let's talk a bit more about the queen's power of veto. So how many bills exactly has she vetoed?"
Oh she's always at it, I heard vetos like 4 or 5 times a day now.
I reckon Derek Acorah should get the job, might do a better job of convincing us heathens...
konabunny - Member
[b] but to revel in someone elses pain and illness is, frankly, repulsive.[/b]
Isn't it traditional to wait til someone actually does the revelling before you point out how morally superior you are to them?
IBTR. 😀
I'd like to think that life inside the Vatican is like one huge episode of Father Ted, but with fancier hats
the Indianda Board of Tax Review???
#google failed me
piedi di formaggio - MemberI'd like to think that life inside the Vatican is like one huge episode of Father Ted, but with fancier hats
Hmmm.
Probably more like the Italian government, but with longer skirts on the secretaries.
but with longer skirts on the [s]secretaries[/s] everyone
Stands for "I Bought Tesco Lasagne"
I would like to take this moment to offer my services as head dude as the magical sky wizard's contingency here on Earth. I feel as an atheist of long standing I would be best placed to take leadership. My first act as head dude would be to disband the whole shoddy organistation and the money raised from sale of assetts be spread amongst the world's poor and hungry.
Meh.
Does this mean there's going to be another all-day TV program with one camera watching a chimney to see if someone lights the stove?
What stove/wood for the Pope?
Just wondering, since he's gods representative on Earth - who does he actually hand his resignation to?
Flaperon - MemberJust wondering, since he's gods representative on Earth - who does he actually hand his resignation to?
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who does he actually hand his resignation to?
He prays it. duh!
something to do with Jimmy Savile...apparently
At least the Pope is elected by a conclave of cardinals. Mrs Windsor, our head of state, was elected by no-one, and isn't subject to any kind of democratic accountability.
So there you have it. The medieval Vatican state is more democratic than the UK.
Bookies favourite for next Pope seems to be Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana. A bit different from his predecessors in at least one respect ...
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You mean... he's a person of colour?...
What stove/wood for the Pope?
I prefer to burn my popes in a giant wicker man while my loved ones and I hold hands and sing merry songs.
No, he’s a Muslim.
Not a church fan after being brought up catholic and going to a school run by Christian Brothers, nothing at all nice about that lot I can tell you!
Whereas, two of the very best teachers I had in secondary school were Christian Brothers. Funny that...
This is my favourite Pope meme:
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I can see not much gets past you. He is a Catholic apparently, so no change there then.You mean... he's a person of colour?
Maybe someone [i]really [/i]different this time?
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Frankie Boyle's reaction on twitter:
"There'll be a resignation ceremony for the Pope, where he fires electrical rays from his fingers as Darth Vader throws him down a lift shaft"
and
"The Pope must have done something even the Church finds unacceptable. I'm guessing he's shagged an adult woman."
Frankie Boyle's not funny.
The previous Pope certainly knew how to party
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"There'll be a resignation ceremony for the Pope, where he fires electrical rays from his fingers as Darth Vader throws him down a lift shaft"
????
Frankie Boyle is definitely not funny
IBTR
In Before The Rapture?
I would have thought even Franky Boyle could do better than that.
Maybe he needs to pontificate on his material a little longer?
His jokes do seem too young...
Frankie Boyle is well funny. He tells jokes like ones that went round the playground when you were 14!
My first act as head dude would be to disband the whole shoddy organistation and the money raised from sale of assetts be spread amongst the world's poor and hungry.
Who would use the money to buy arms and create a despotic theocracy.
"but to revel in someone elses pain and illness is, frankly, repulsive"
According to you perhaps, but with respect, I'd like to revel at least a little.
The degree of my revelling will be proportional to the suffering caused by the organisation he represents and leads (according to my own moral values).
That is, I will revel approximately one hundred times as much as if he was Andrew Wakefield, and half as much as if he was Thabo Mbeki (other moral benchmarks are available).
(Its a tricky one, as the church is obviously responsible for more overall unnecessary death and suffering than Mbeki, but it seems unfair to apply all of the revelling for that to just one man).
"The Pope must have done something even the Church finds unacceptable. I'm guessing he's shagged an adult woman."
I don't think many 14 yr olds would understand that let alone find it funny.
I thought that was superb!
anonymouse - MemberThis. I'm out before this thread descends further into the gutter.
Your first post in the thread, so you flounced in in order to be heard flouncing out?
I don't think many 14 yr olds would understand that let alone find it funny.
I think you underestimate 14 year olds.
I don't think many 14 yr olds would understand that let alone find it funny.
You must have been a very sheltered 14 year old
Damned mods
Your first post in the thread, so you flounced in in order to be heard flouncing out?
Perhaps he read the bile being spouted and announced that he wouldn't be participating further. You probably should have thought a bit about what he did instead of hurrying to post a smartarse comment, while getting carried away with your excitement at the possible outing of a "flouncer".
My couldntgiveaflying****ometer has just registered no interest in the leader of a silly club resigning.
You lot are well funny, on every single thread people deviate from the thread topic to abuse, insult and correct one another. Can't we all just get along?
