Dread Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 I claim my rightful place as Thunderpope! My Goathammer will smite all my enemies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Schism!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Fortunatly i've been amassing power in the Vaytican for some time, i'm a sure thing to be named Pope George Ringo I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Stavros, honey, I hate to tell you this but you've been amassing power at the generic, knock-off Vaytican, not the Vatican. It's a common mistake, like the mother who buys her son a copy of Transmorphers. I would have hoped you'd notice when you saw Sunday Service was at the church back-alley and you took communion with Wonder Bread and Off-brand Whiskey. Most you can hope for is becoming Pfope (the F is silent). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Whatever. I'm gonna start my own religion... ...with blackjack and hookers! ...Wait, forget the religion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Stavros, honey, I hate to tell you this but you've been amassing power at the generic, knock-off Vaytican, not the Vatican. It's a common mistake, like the mother who buys her son a copy of Transmorphers. I would have hoped you'd notice when you saw Sunday Service was at the church back-alley and you took communion with Wonder Bread and Off-brand Whiskey. Most you can hope for is becoming Pfope (the F is silent). So my car only has plastic screens instead of bullet-proof glass? That bank job was apparently far more hazardous than I was aware! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 The last ten or so posts in this thread = epic win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Thunderpope needs not plexiglass! Thunderpope smites those simply by them thinking to smite Thunderpope. The Goathammer is merciless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 I thought Thunderpope was the last man standing brawl they hold in the Vatican to determine their choice. Thunderpope- Two popes enter, one pope leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 And when they burn the body of the fallen Pope, the smoke announces the victor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 And that is how Catholicism should function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Thats how we assume it works. With how secretive the Ultra-Papacy is, we never get to see anything. We were lucky enough to see when Spectral Mother Theresa appeared with 777 Firebirds and an honor guard of Paladins to crown the last Thunderpope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 There is no last Thunderpope. There is only I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Its actually amazing to realise how much more civilised that would be than the actual process, since the rules of the conclave were formed to basically force a decision from the cardinals under threat of starvation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 There is no last Thunderpope. There is only I. You are a false idol! I challenge you to THUNDERBRAWL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Take care, for even the merest sincere thought of harm delivered against I leads to being smote by mine Goathammer. If you play your cards right, you may be instated as my underling: The Fine Young Cardinal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Do not believe his words! He is nothing but a Spin Doctor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 You're both awful, I'mma go pledge Buddhist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 I gotta say, it's so refreshing to have some of the rancid underbelly of our conservative party exposed with the recent passing of gay marriage in this country. That's not to say all of them, even David Cameron surprised me by being openly positively for it, but the majority of the party voted against and really struggled to find reasons that didn't make them sound bigoted. Here's a short list of the excuses I've heard- You'd have to redefine penetration to fulfil the criteria of consummation, and that's difficult so we shouldn't bother. How about we ignore consummation and assume different criteria for a marriage being serious and thus non-annullable ie length of marriage, shared property or children. We should be concentrating on the economy instead. If every government waited to solve human rights issues until the economy was fixed women still wouldn't have the vote. "It creates a hierarchy of rights where your rights are more important than mine" Your right to impose your beliefs on others taking precedence over their ability to make personal choices IS a hierarchy of rights. Allowing individuals to choose for themselves does not affect you in any way other than emotionally. Rather than widen marriage, the government should concentrate on expanding civil unions to include non-romantic relationships IE siblings or friends. This is the opposite of what was on the table. This is insulting gay couples further by demoting what they're granted to something so generic it's meaningless in any sense but legal. "Since same-sex partners could not biologically procreate children, the institution of marriage was one that, in my opinion, should be reserved to opposite-sex partners." So anyone not intending to have children biologically can't get married then? No-one should adopt or use surrogates or live without kids? Shouldn't gay people be seeking to move further from the conformity they claim is so contrary to their way of life? So gay people shouldn't seek to be normalised in society? They should crave ostricisation? They should self-deny the right to be seen as a couple the same as any other? I mean, this was just the tip of the iceberg, but god damn it I can't believe the shit these people have been saying. And that's all without touching the bible, which believe me has come into play but I'm not going to dignify anyone reading out Leviticus unless they can prove they've never eaten a bacon sandwich and have never worn polyester and cotton in the same outfit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 We did a science, everyone - a baby girl who was born with HIV appears to have been cured by early drug treatment (like, from when she was just over a day old forward), and she's been off meds with no signs of infection for a year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 I was listening to local sports radio when they started to discuss an article about an active NFL player coming out as gay. Now, I couldn't care less about the gay part. It should be such a non-issue at this point, but the sports world will implode upon itself when this happens. It will dominate headlines for a while and this player will face a whirlwind of hatred and/or praise. But I had a random thought that I had never considered before: Why has this not happened yet? With the growing tend of wanting to become famous it just strikes me as odd that someone hasn't taken this platform to become famous. Yes, there would be drawbacks, but being the 1st openly gay athlete in one of the major American sports would make you someone immortal. Jackie Robinson is still remembered as the man who broke the color line. However, I don't think most people could tell you how good of a player he was. So it strikes me as odd that some 5th string WR or backup free safety (that just happen to be gay) hasn't come out to become this public figure. Then again, I also wonder if in this A.D.D./24hr news culture if someone could achieve a legacy similar to Jackie Robinson and my entire thought process is void. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Same reason it took so long for Don't Ask, Don't Tell repealed: idiots think all gay men care about straight men's junk. Locker room politics. That said, another factor outside of gay guys stereotypically staying away from most organized sports would be that football plays mostly to middle America, the same people who are least comfortable about gay marriage. Really, for it to work, they need to have the player come out at the end of the season and the team has to be almost a given to win the Super Bowl. Otherwise, commentators are going to start fanning the flames of, "The Team was too distracted by ________ coming out of the closet." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Male professional sports are known for their homophobia. This would actually be a big deal if a current NFL star comes out. Female sports are filled with gay players so it's not a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Roger Ebert is dead, two days after taking a leave of presence from the Sun-Times. Eulogy here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 That's a damn shame. I didn't always agree with him, but I always liked and respected him as a critic who was not above the idea that sometimes it's okay for a goofy fun movie to be a goofy fun movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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