Am I the only one?
 

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?

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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?

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

The Daily Cartoon - The Independent

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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.;)

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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.

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Its all Smoke and mirrors anyway:D

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

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Typical of left footers they're all sixth mad!

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

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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.:alright:

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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.

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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.

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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:D

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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.:alright:

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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.