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soulstice 04-19-2005 12:17 PM

New Pope appointed.
 
Yes, a new Pontiff has been appointed to become head of the Roman Catholic Church. He's German and his name is Joseph Ratzinger, although he's now changed his papal name to Pope Benedict XVI.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7523254/?GT1=6428

Dino 04-19-2005 12:44 PM

Benedict the 16th? Benedictine then I assume?

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Co...med_11a.h2.jpg

Looks like HR Giger. I like him already.

Hobo 04-19-2005 01:39 PM

He's not the black dude. Or the hamster. I'm not interested.

Al the Glukkon 04-19-2005 01:54 PM

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He's not the black dude. Or the hamster. I'm not interested.

Same here.:dodgy:

Jacob 04-19-2005 02:45 PM

He's not as cute as the previous Pope either. Boooooo!!

TheRaisin 04-19-2005 03:16 PM

My first impression of him is that he looks like a combination of my grandpa, one of the school guidance counselors, and the Penguin from Batman Returns. And seven point two times scarier than said combination.

"a hard-line guardian of conservative doctrine"... not sure I quite like the sound of that.

We'll just have to see how he does, eh wot?

Al the Glukkon 04-19-2005 03:16 PM

I think I might have seen him before....

http://www.geocities.com/resuomeksi12/re4salazar.jpg

Abeguy 04-19-2005 08:04 PM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
VERY FUNNY!!!

Dino 04-19-2005 08:17 PM

No way.

He's definately HR Giger.

If you disagree, then you're wrong.

Godlesswanderer 04-19-2005 10:07 PM

Just take off his hair and he's Uncle Fester from the Addams family :D.

TheRaisin 04-19-2005 11:44 PM

Oh my god, you're right. He's totally Fester. Heh. Even better.

Somebody said he looks like Emperor Palpatine.

Who is H.R. Giger?

Leto 04-20-2005 12:26 AM

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Who is H.R. Giger?

An artist. He designed the Alien from Alien/s...

I was hoping for the black dude. Mabye next millenium...

Jacob 04-20-2005 03:29 AM

He's amazingly Conservative as well.

People have been saying they think the Vatican only appointed him as a temporary Pope, due to the fact that he's 78 with a weak Heart.

Aww, bless. Little "God's Rottweiler"...

Voodoo Hand 04-20-2005 05:37 AM

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Benedict the 16th? Benedictine then I assume?

With all the flack the church has had lately about priests and little boys, it may
be the German pronunciation of " Bent-a-dick". :D

Dino 04-20-2005 12:17 PM

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Oh my god, you're right. He's totally Fester. Heh. Even better.

Somebody said he looks like Emperor Palpatine.

Who is H.R. Giger?

H.R. Giger:



One of, if not the, greatest surrealist artist in history. He designed every single alien setpiece for the movie Alien.

And I for one, think he looks just like the new pope. Fuck uncle fester, he doesn't look anything like uncle fester. He looks like Giger.

soulstice 04-20-2005 12:43 PM

They look identical!

But I still don't get one thing. Why appoint such an old pope? Surely he'll be reaching the last yeras of his life soon, if he already isn't in them. The whole process will have to start again, and it really is unnecessary hassle.

Dino 04-20-2005 02:22 PM

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They look identical!

But I still don't get one thing. Why appoint such an old pope? Surely he'll be reaching the last yeras of his life soon, if he already isn't in them. The whole process will have to start again, and it really is unnecessary hassle.

The current theory that's in circulation is that he's a temporary Pope, who will assume the role of pontiff during the real selection process.

Coolmanbizkit 04-20-2005 03:35 PM

Now Dino, you tell me that this doesnt look like Uncle Fester. :D

General Dripikk 04-20-2005 03:55 PM

LOL! good one! LOL :lol:I've never seen the movie Alien before, but it does look like someone familar...

Nepharski 04-20-2005 04:02 PM

After reading this thread, I feel obligated to post this:

http://www.popetoast.com/

Coolmanbizkit 04-20-2005 04:04 PM

Looks more like a care bear in the toast, Not the new pope

Abe16 04-20-2005 04:06 PM

Same here, toast, i'm gonna have some right now. *leaves chair and goes to kitchen*

Dino 04-20-2005 04:14 PM

You can tell that they just scraped that image into the toast with a knife. I've done that loads of times in the past and made huge amounts of money on ebay and fooled all my friends.

And coolmanbizkit; that picture looks NOTHING like fester OR the pope. I've already told you, the pope looks like Giger, not fester. If you disagree, then you are wrong. OK? Good.

sligster 04-20-2005 04:44 PM

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I've already told you, the pope looks like Giger, not fester. If you disagree, then you are wrong. OK? Good.

he does look like Giger, but there's just something about him....

http://img151.echo.cx/img151/6162/11139734797970hk.jpg

yea, I can see him as Sideous

http://img250.echo.cx/img250/9355/11139709237872af.jpg

TheRaisin 04-20-2005 05:25 PM

I think that Nepharski's and sligster's respective posts warrant a hearty "Tee hee." :D

Dino 04-20-2005 06:04 PM

How many times must I tell you? He looks like Giger! No one else! Giger! OK? You're all stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I hate you and your smelly unborn children.

As an aside, Darth Sideous did not appear in The Empire Strikes Back.

Nate 04-20-2005 07:38 PM

As much as I don't want to get into another pointless fight with Dino, I have to say SHUTTHEFUUCKUP!!!!


Personally I'm disappointed. I was hoping the jewish guy would be appointed.

And anyone who calls this a temporary pope whilst they take the time to choose a new one is insane. They've known that JP2 was on the way out for years. I'm sure all the cardinals have been politicing all that time.

Dino 04-20-2005 10:46 PM

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As much as I don't want to get into another pointless fight with Dino, I have to say SHUTTHEFUUCKUP!!!!

What?

You badly need to get your attitude adjusted buddy.

So far nobody else here has had any difficulty in figuring out that I was just joking. But then you arrive in all your glory and start running your mouth - it's not fucking appreciated. You create your own arguments and problems by acting like such a dick.

Smoke some weed already and chill the fuck out, fool.

"Take it easy mang ju gonna give jourself a heart attack"

Coolmanbizkit 04-21-2005 11:48 AM

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"Take it easy mang ju gonna give jourself a heart attack"

Isnt it Mon, not mang? :)

Al the Glukkon 04-21-2005 01:34 PM

Bah, lets talk about the Pope some more. They have actually already made ascii art of him.

Dino 04-21-2005 03:14 PM

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Isnt it Mon, not mang? :)

Depends. Some people spell it mon, some spell it mang.

sligster 04-21-2005 04:16 PM

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They have actually already made ascii art of him.


hahaha. post it, I wanna see

TheRaisin 04-21-2005 04:38 PM

Dino, we realize you're joking. It's just getting... a wee bit tiresome.

Is it just me, or does this new guy look in really poor health?

Hee hee. "Mon" is with the Jamaican accent. "Mang" is with the Cheech-esque Mexican accent. And both kick ass.

Coolmanbizkit 04-21-2005 04:42 PM

Lol. well give him a break Raisin the new pope is 79 or something close to that

TheRaisin 04-21-2005 04:49 PM

Pff. My grandpa's almost ninety and looks like a million bucks. Er. At least compared to this dude.

And I've never seen dark circles under the eyes that huge. I mean, dayumn. If he were some kind of emo rocker I might think it's makeup. :p

Coolmanbizkit 04-21-2005 04:50 PM

Maybe he just never sleeps...

AquaticAmbi 04-21-2005 04:56 PM

Personally, I was hoping for the black guy. And I agree, the new Pope is quite spooky-looking.

Coolmanbizkit 04-21-2005 05:55 PM

I didnt know much about the candidates for the new pope slot. So i dont know if the new one is good.

Dino 04-21-2005 07:45 PM

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Pff. My grandpa's almost ninety and looks like a million bucks. Er. At least compared to this dude.

And I've never seen dark circles under the eyes that huge. I mean, dayumn. If he were some kind of emo rocker I might think it's makeup. :p

I bet some fundamentalist fanatic f-word is going to say his evil appearance is part of a devine plan and a sign that judgement day is nigh or something.

I say it's just because he's German. I've seen at least 10 elderly German males who look like the new pope. One in particular being a World War 2 veteran, who was one among many of the soldiers manning machine gun bunkers at Normandy beach during the D-Day landings. He has made several appearances on the Discovery channel, one in particular where he met up with an English and American war veteran to discuss the event on friendly terms.

Obviously it's just German genetics.

Coolmanbizkit 04-21-2005 07:47 PM

Rattzinger was in the Hitler youth and he fought in belgium, Funny that John Paul the second and Rattzinger were best friends though isnt it?

EDIT: John Paul the Second was in the Polish Army too.