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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2005OT, Papal humor
My Mechanic hit me with this today, when I went to get my oil changed.... WARNING>>>> DEVOUT CATHOLICS MAY FIND THIS OFFENSIVE.... But, I hope not, cause it's pretty funny. Blair, my mechanic, want's to run for pope. When I asked him why, he replied: 'Well, first I want to be the first un-Cardinaled Pope & with my expertise in mechanics & detailing cars, I want to create a new reality TV show....' Pope My Ride! ;-)  SignatureMathew Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat En Vino Veritas >My Mechanic hit me with this today, when I went to get my oil changed.... > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >'Well, first I want to be the first un-Cardinaled Pope Not to be historically nit-picky, but there were Popes before there were Cardinals. ;) > & with my expertise >in mechanics & detailing cars, I want to create a new reality TV show....' > >Pope My Ride! > >;-) Har har. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >> My Mechanic hit me with this today, when I went to get my oil >> changed.... [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Not to be historically nit-picky, but there were Popes before there > were Cardinals. ;) Indeed, you don't have to be a Cardinal to be elected Pope. Granted, the last time that happened was in the 12th century... but technically all you have to be is a priest. >> & with my expertise >> in mechanics & detailing cars, I want to create a new reality TV [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > >> My Mechanic hit me with this today, when I went to get my oil > >> changed.... [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Not to be historically nit-picky, but there were Popes before there > > were Cardinals. ;) My understanding, and I could well be mistaken, was that any baptised, unmarried male Catholic could *theoretically* be Pope. > Indeed, you don't have to be a Cardinal to be elected Pope. Granted, the > last time that happened was in the 12th century... but technically all you [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >> > >> ;-) Ouch! That joke was painful! Yowie > My understanding, and I could well be mistaken, was that any baptised, > unmarried male Catholic could *theoretically* be Pope. You are correct, the only *real* requirement is to be male, but it's a given that you have to be catholic and ordainable (i.e. not married). I don't remember where I read that they used to use a chair with a hole in the center, in which the pope-elect would sit sans trousers. One of the cardinals then would reach under and feel for his hmmmm... manly bits. If they were there, he would announce the new pope. :) SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> My understanding, and I could well be mistaken, was that any baptised, >> unmarried male Catholic could *theoretically* be Pope. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >cardinals then would reach under and feel for his hmmmm... manly bits. >If they were there, he would announce the new pope. :) Supposedly came about as a result of the "Pope Joan" scandal in the Middle Ages. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > >> My understanding, and I could well be mistaken, was that any baptised, > >> unmarried male Catholic could *theoretically* be Pope. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Supposedly came about as a result of the "Pope Joan" scandal in the > Middle Ages. ;) Pope Joan is a hoax - historians now think it was made up by Protestants satirising Catholicism and the Papacy. The records show a continuous line of male popes (sometimes two or three at the same time if it was being contested) but no Pope John (Joan) at the alleged times she was supposed to hold the seat. Yowie
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