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	reinhardt 2005-04-03 12:58 am UTC (link)
	boggle (Reply to this)

	adora_spintriae 2005-04-03 01:07 am UTC (link)
	Catholic BS vs Protestant BS. Huzzah! It's like Ireland, in a way. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	l_s_q 2005-04-03 01:10 am UTC (link)
	Amusingly, I'm from Belfast myself. I feel right at home reading this thread. In the bad way. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	adora_spintriae 2005-04-03 01:20 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, unfortunately I'm having a bit of a wank about this kind of shit myself (I was raised a Catholic - though it didn't work - and the person I am ~~wanking~~ discussing it with is a Protty). If it gets really interesting, I might post it here. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bemysty 2005-04-03 01:19 am UTC (link)
	Well, that was fast... they could've at least waited till the body got cool as I said elsewhere already, tralala checks clock At least I only got it wrong by about four hours. (Reply to this)

	luckdragonfujur 2005-04-03 01:27 am UTC (link)
	I'm wating for the Terri Schiavo vs. the Pope wank... I mean: how did he dare to die the same week, taking all the attention from her and her family's ~~greed~~ mourning? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kalicephirot 2005-04-03 01:32 am UTC (link)
	It's the evil complot of the Catholic church to control the world! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	luckdragonfujur 2005-04-03 03:01 am UTC (link)
	You forgot "again" o.o (Reply to this)(Parent)

	suzywongdress 2005-04-03 02:09 am UTC (link)
	[Bad username: ohnotheydidnt"] can be always counted on for that. I think there was some small whining, but no real wank. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	suzywongdress 2005-04-03 02:09 am UTC (link)
	Dammit. ohnotheydidnt. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kalicephirot 2005-04-03 01:34 am UTC (link)
	I almost had a Pope wank at my GJ. But the wanker retreated. Bugger :( (Reply to this)(Thread)

	judyhazeleyes 2005-04-03 05:12 am UTC (link)
	I read that comment thinking of 'wank' in the literal sense, and nearly peed my pants laughing. Gold! Comic gold! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ashenmote 2005-04-03 03:38 am UTC (link)
	So if the pope was the antichrist and the antichrist is finally dead, why do they all still fight about stuff? The good side has won. It's the end. Game over. You can all stop now. (Reply to this)

	xero_sky 2005-04-03 04:07 am UTC (link)
	its also interesting to note that many of the first popes were freemasons Awesome. But what about the Illuminati? And the Knights Templar? And how does this tie into the "Secret Protocols of the Elders of Zion"? And in what chapter do we find out that the Pope was actually a big meaty handpuppet controlled by aliens? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ashenmote 2005-04-03 04:27 am UTC (link)
	Controlled by freemason aliens from the planet Qumran, no less. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	carlanime 2005-04-03 02:02 pm UTC (link)
	According to the CBC he was a Stonecutter...anyone else hearing the Simpsons' stonecutters' song here? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sewingmyfish 2005-04-03 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	I do! I do! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rosehiptea 2005-04-03 05:33 am UTC (link)
	It's not everyday that you see little patronizing statements like: And yes, I've heard of the Reformation... you might have gathered that history is a little conceit of mine. and language (from someone else) like: You can kiss my arse. Someone died, whoppdefuckingdoo. in the same wank. I am very amused. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sesana 2005-04-03 06:19 am UTC (link)
	And yes, I've heard of the Reformation... you might have gathered that history is a little conceit of mine. That made me laugh so hard I hurt myself. Maybe it's somewhat less hilarious in context, but alone... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	munchkinott 2005-04-03 06:35 am UTC (link)
	And yes, I've heard of the Reformation... you might have gathered that history is a little conceit of mine. I'm hoping it IS purely a conceit and not their major... My favourite: The only good thing I can say about him is that he did an amazing Yoda impression... What an epitaph! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dana 2005-04-03 06:02 am UTC (link)
	I'm just finding it hilarious that they cancelled an episode of Crossing Jordan out of respect for the Pope because the storyline features the death of a Nun. Crazy. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	rhi_silverflame 2005-04-03 08:21 am UTC (link)
	I was about to comment and say "Hey, yeah, someone on my flist posted about that earlier." And then I actually, you know, figured it out. :P (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dana 2005-04-03 08:32 am UTC (link)
	Haha. It wouldn't have been the first time I did that myself. Maybe I should have stuck to the same handle here, but I wanted dana in LJ but the name was already taken. It heartless to say, but I don't care about the Pope's death, I mean there will be another one, there always is. (Reply to this)(Parent)

dana
2005-04-03 08:36 am UTC (link)

Also have to share. I got someone wanking at me because of my thoughts on the Pope:

Me: As a person who was never Catholic, and has no plans to convert to any of the monotheistic faiths his death means little to me.

Anon: I am not sure if you are not a Catholic but if you are i am more upset. That was very disrespectful toward not only Catholics but the Pope. I cannot believe that someone would write something like that for the public to view. Whatever religion you are, i know that all people, ESPECIALLY Catholics would respect you at your time of death.

It was deleted by the OP before I could go in for a smackdown. Damn, I hate it when that happens.

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	darkwitch666 2005-04-03 07:21 am UTC (link)
	Oh, dere's plenny of Pope!wank already: here, for one. ;) (Reply to this)

isntitironic
2005-04-03 07:48 am UTC (link)

A conversation between me and a co-worker:

ME: "The Pope's still lingering."
HER: "Well, he said he wanted them to use any means possible to keep him alive."
ME: "So what happens if HE slips into a 15-year vegetative state? Can they elect another pope if he's not exactly dead yet, or are we just gonna be popeless for a while?"
HER: "I dunno, I'm not Catholic."
ME: "What are you?"
HER: "Lutheran. My Dad thinks the Pope is the antichrist."
ME: "I'm an atheist. To me, he's just a guy in a funny hat."
HER: "So why are we talking about this?"
ME: "Because 'Pope' is fun to say?"
HER: "That works."
ME: "Pope, Pope, Pope."

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	akairis 2005-04-03 09:20 am UTC (link)
	Pope on a rope? With soap? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eclair 2005-04-03 03:19 pm UTC (link)
	... Like a soap on a rope? Sweeter than sour? But getting thinner by the hour? (snerk.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	big_bad_wolf 2005-04-03 03:15 pm UTC (link)
	ME: "I'm an atheist. To me, he's just a guy in a funny hat." Ecks Dee! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	loki 2005-04-03 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	Seconded! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	serpentis 2005-04-04 03:24 pm UTC (link)
	I'm so proud that me and James and Duncan had the opportunity to set up something that brought the Pope Wank to the yard! Yeah! Go us! smug (Reply to this)

kadath
2005-04-04 06:26 pm UTC (link)

I clicked around the other topics on the message boards...

The two moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, orbit in retrograde direction. They also revolve in orbits that have no particular relationship to the orbit of Mars.

Their surfaces are severely pock-marked and their shape irregular. They are small, and invisible to the naked eye.

Jonathan Swift reported their existance I think it was some 150 years before their discovery in 1877 by Asaph Hall (in Gulliver's Travels - Laputan Astronomers). How did he know? One possibility is that he heard of a Chinese report of the catastrophic event in the solar system mentioned above, when Mars was seen to pass between the earth and the earth's moon - causing catastrophic changes on the earth - including changing the length of the year, and the seasons (evidence of mammoths preserved in ice with tropical vegetation still in their mouths).

Ohmigod SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP! *head explodes*

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