I think they intentionally did not want to create another JP II-like dynasty. Ratzinger was barely young enough to qualify in the first place. I suspect they want Benedict XVI to be a placeholder while they have a chance to figure out what they really want to do for the long term. Just a guess.
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RIP da pope
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In reply to: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition LOL - I was actually thinking that!
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Well let's make sure they ask you what you think next time they decide on a new pope alright?
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In reply to: I'd name myself Pope Playstation III if I got the job You wouldn't have the job very long. There would be a Pope Playstation IV out the next year.
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in the pockets of his adoring youth
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In reply to:
Well let's make sure they ask you what you think next time they decide on a new pope alright?
Your anger adds no value to this thread, but since you asked, I think the Church made a good choice for what they're trying to achieve, but I would have chosen David Eckstein, shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals. It would have been ecumenical, and he would have taken the Church in a completely different direction.
MM&I, you're right, I'd need to be named after something more timeless than a Sony product. How about Vespa Scooter I or Budget Deficit III?
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In reply to:You wouldn't have the job very long. There would be a Pope Playstation IV out the next year. Ok now i have coffee all over my keyboard...........laffin
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What made you think I was replying to you? You know, there are other people around here. I'm not sure what the desperate business is all about. I'd be pretty happy if you stayed away from my posts alltogether, but I recognize your right to post whatever, wherever. Listen to MM&I; not that she and I agree on everything, but she is sensible and not emotionally out of whack. Forget everything else I said; use her as a model and I will be very happy.The Pope would not condone all this bickering...it seems very unChristian.
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Sorry, but I couldn't find my "anger" when I posted that... but I'm glad you find it for me.
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Oh lol well I was really angry when I posted that other one then...
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lolyou can't go around putting words in your own mouth or all anarchy will break out, ya know
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Well I'm afraid if I tell Steve I wasn't angry he might cry :P
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Jeeez, you'd think I relished all the attention or something. How about instead of catty sniping you tell me what's wrong with me, and what's wrong with Unsupervised too, while you're at it. All along I thought I we were just grand.>He thinks everyone is upset when they disagree or find fault in his posts. Usually only when I'm told to go fk myf, or called a sty b*t*rd. But not always.C'mon you guys, don't be angry.It's been days, and so far the new Pope hasn't done anything too wild. He seemed to have found his inner Zen when he put on the big hat.
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How much time is a good amount of time? After all, you do have nearly 5000 posts. 28 months roughly is roughly 820 days. So is 6.1 a day a better pace?
Remember, I have to make 10,000 postings to please Zeus, ZOMG.
If you were the Pope you could just excommunicate people who annoy you.
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6.1 is pretty good... but according to my math (which is probably wrong anyway) you've been here about 55 days .... so you're averaging 31 posts a day. Damn. And if you keep up your avg post / day you'll reach 10,000 posts in 267.6 days.
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267.6 daysThen I can go back to where I came from! I've noticed that one (or more) people stopped at precisely 100 posts. Other people have a thousand or thousands of posts, disappear for a long time, and then suddenly reappear, and then go quiet again...like a comet.I'm trying to catch Unsupervised, but he's a moving target. And I'm trying to keep from being caught by Angel (Fluffy_Pussy is on top of her, but soon she'll be under bobalicious).I'm sure the Pope would consider all this forum stuff a venial sin and a waste of time. But that's his opinion.
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I doubt they do it on purpose because most people don't care about their post count... unlike someone we all know.
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Some people care about their penis girth, some people care about their net worth, some people care about their post count.
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Difference is:
You (well maybe not you, but most guys) use their penis.
What are you going to do with a number that tells you how many posts you have?And I have no idea what net worth is.
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lol i love how something paying homage to the Pope, ends up with the words penis and girth in it.