New Pope appointed.

[soulstice]

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]

Benedict the 16th? Benedictine then I assume?



Looks like HR Giger. I like him already.

[Hobo]

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

[Al the Glukkon]

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

Same here.

[Jacob]

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

[TheRaisin]

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]

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

[Abeguy]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
VERY FUNNY!!!

[Dino]

No way.

He's definately HR Giger.

If you disagree, then you're wrong.

[Godlesswanderer]

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

[TheRaisin]

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]

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]

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]

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".

[Dino]

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]

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]

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]

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

[General Dripikk]

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

[Nepharski]

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

http://www.popetoast.com/

[Coolmanbizkit]

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

[Abe16]

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

[Dino]

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]

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....



yea, I can see him as Sideous

[TheRaisin]

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

[Dino]

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]

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]

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]

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

Isnt it Mon, not mang?

[Al the Glukkon]

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