Am I the only one?

Eric · 13-03-2013, 17:15

Surely, one or two of you are watching what's going on in the Vatican City. Am I the only one who is more interested in the dump duck sitting on the chimney, than in what's happening inside the Sistine? And am I the only one who is waiting for it to have a massive you-know-what?

Less · 13-03-2013, 17:37

Well Eric I didn't quite understand what you meant, however I caught the news yesterday, several men in hi vis where putting in a chimney for the the black/white smoke.
No scaffolding for the height, no cat ladders to take the strain.
A bloody good examplea of a cowboy job to me.
Surely they shouldn't have settled for the first estimate?

MargaretR · 13-03-2013, 17:46

The paper shredders in the vatican can't cope so they have resorted to burning evidence.

The Daily Cartoon - The Independent

Eric · 13-03-2013, 17:48

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Originally Posted by Less

Well Eric I didn't quite understand what you meant, however I caught the news yesterday, several men in hi vis where putting in a chimney for the the black/white smoke.
No scaffolding for the height, no cat ladders to take the strain.
A bloody good examplea of a cowboy job to me.
Surely they shouldn't have settled for the first estimate?

It's the gull (dump duck) sitting on the chimney ... a lot of folks are thinking more about the white "stuff" that might come out of bird's ass, than about the white smoke. I'm feeling a little bored and sober today (I'm gonna start working on that soon); so, little things like waiting for a bird to take a massive dump in front of millions of the faithful world-wide has me sitting on the edge of my Lazeeboy.

susie123 · 13-03-2013, 18:02

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Originally Posted by Eric

It's the gull (dump duck) sitting on the chimney ... a lot of folks are thinking more about the white "stuff" that might come out of bird's ass, than about the white smoke. I'm feeling a little bored and sober today (I'm gonna start working on that soon); so, little things like waiting for a bird to take a massive dump in front of millions of the faithful world-wide has me sitting on the edge of my Lazeeboy.

Well Eric it took me a while to work out what you were on about but think I got there in the end.

BBC News - Bird on Sistine Chapel chimney raises a smile

This stuff is probably more interesting to you guys than to us Brits as you have a front runner in Ouellet.

jaysay · 13-03-2013, 18:08

Its all Smoke and mirrors anyway

jaysay · 13-03-2013, 18:09

White smoke as just been seen they are about to name the next pope twas on the sixth ballot

Less · 13-03-2013, 18:16

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White smoke as just been seen they are about to name the next pope twas on the sixth ballot

Typical of left footers they're all sixth mad!

cashman · 13-03-2013, 18:55

I thought the white smoke indicated they were all having a spliff.?

Eric · 13-03-2013, 19:08

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I thought the white smoke indicated they were all having a spliff.?

That's what I'm doing ... merely to demonstrate the profundity of my faith

Of course, the bird may be an evil omen. Under another name, Shiite Hawk, the bird is symbolic of Islam.

Eric · 13-03-2013, 19:20

Well, that's a shocker ... Pope Francis ... may be a good one. I'm glad they went outside Europe. Still, at 77, he's a little long in the tooth ... and a Jesuit. That could be a problem. Probably one of the better of a bad bunch.

susie123 · 13-03-2013, 19:28

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I'm feeling a little bored and sober today (I'm gonna start working on that soon)

Hard luck Eric, yours didn't make it... hope you didn't have any money on him. Still, gives you an excuse to get ratassed - whether did or he didn't get elected.

jaysay · 13-03-2013, 19:31

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Well, that's a shocker ... Pope Francis ... may be a good one. I'm glad they went outside Europe. Still, at 77, he's a little long in the tooth ... and a Jesuit. That could be a problem. Probably one of the better of a bad bunch.

Jesuit, they're supposed to be TT Eric, although I once knew a priest called Father John who was a Jesuit, but could knock the pints back in the Foxhill with the best of um

Eric · 13-03-2013, 19:33

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Hard luck Eric, yours didn't make it... hope you didn't have any money on him. Still, gives you an excuse to get ratassed - whether did or he didn't get elected.

No ... he would have been a rotten Pope ... the man to lead the Church boldly into the fourteenth century. But it's still a great day for Canada. Colonel Chris Hadfield, RCAF, took over command of the ISS.

Eric · 13-03-2013, 19:39

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Jesuit, they're supposed to be TT Eric, although I once knew a priest called Father John who was a Jesuit, but could knock the pints back in the Foxhill with the best of um

Good friend of mine, the late Father Bob Ogle, SJ, MP liked his pint too. And he was a socialist, elected as a member of the New Democratic Party. Great guy. First rate scholar. Fantastic sense of humor.