You can watch a live feed of a chimney in Rome:
http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/cvplive ... cvpstream1 (http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/cvplive/cvpstream1&hpt=hp_t1#/video/cvplive/cvpstream1)
Gerard
why?
Quote from: "leftyatbest"why?
It seems to be related to the appointment of a certain functionary there......
Gerard
Still no new kiddie-fiddler-in-chief elected yet then?... :P
*Holy Smoke*....... u phunny Gerard. :rollin:
Fascinating pictures. A bird just landed on top of the chimney.....
(//http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g97/Popperite/bird_zps187bc423.jpg)
Gerard
Ok Gerard - I'll bite........ Why are you so fascinated by this honey? Wtf? :rollin:
Quote from: "WitchSabrina"*Holy Smoke*....... u phunny Gerard. :rollin:
Not my joke..... CNN called the feed that when I saw it this morning. The name has been changed now.....
Gerard
Quote from: "WitchSabrina"Ok Gerard - I'll bite........ Why are you so fascinated by this honey? Wtf? :rollin:
I do like pump and circumstance I must admit..... Also I must confess to a RC background.....
Gerard
Quote from: "Gerard"Quote from: "WitchSabrina"*Holy Smoke*....... u phunny Gerard. :rollin:
Not my joke..... CNN called the feed that when I saw it this morning. The name has been changed now.....
Gerard
10 bucks some catholic douchebag got butthurt offended and complained, and someone will probably be fired over that joke.
That bird is still sitting there..... Perhaps he should be the new pope. To please the GULLible.....
hmmm.
Gerard
Quote from: "Gerard"Quote from: "WitchSabrina"Ok Gerard - I'll bite........ Why are you so fascinated by this honey? Wtf? :rollin:
I do like pump and circumstance I must admit..... Also I must confess to a RC background.....
Gerard
(//http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h321/SabrinaTheInkWitch/2807ffb0.jpg)
well that explains a lot.........
*snicker*
Quote from: "Gerard"That bird is still sitting there..... Perhaps he should be the new pope. To please the GULLible.....
hmmm.
Gerard
:rollin:
that's pathetic
Quote from: "BarkAtTheMoon"Quote from: "Gerard"Quote from: "WitchSabrina"*Holy Smoke*....... u phunny Gerard. :rollin:
Not my joke..... CNN called the feed that when I saw it this morning. The name has been changed now.....
Gerard
10 bucks some catholic douchebag got butthurt offended and complained, and someone will probably be fired over that joke.
When I first looked it was called "waiting for holy smoke". Made me chuckle. Now it is called "awaiting the Cardinals decision"..... Not nearly as effective I think.
I like to think CNN will not fire someone because of something like that.....
Gerard
Quote from: "BarkAtTheMoon"Quote from: "Gerard"Quote from: "WitchSabrina"*Holy Smoke*....... u phunny Gerard. :rollin:
Not my joke..... CNN called the feed that when I saw it this morning. The name has been changed now.....
Gerard
10 bucks some catholic douchebag got butthurt offended and complained, and someone will probably be fired over that joke.
I'll see your $10 and raise you $20. Or we could just trade shots of Jamesons till we laugh at Catholics? Whatdoya say?
Quote from: "WitchSabrina"Quote from: "BarkAtTheMoon"10 bucks some catholic douchebag got butthurt offended and complained, and someone will probably be fired over that joke.
I'll see your $10 and raise you $20. Or we could just trade shots of Jamesons till we laugh at Catholics? Whatdoya say?
It is almost St. Patrick's Day, so Jamesons is the appropriate drink. I might have to make mine car bombs, though. You're on.
New drinking game for people that appreciate moderation.... Take a sip every time smoke billows from that chimney!
Gerard
Quote from: "Gerard"When I first looked it was called "waiting for holy smoke". Made me chuckle. Now it is called "awaiting the Cardinals decision"..... Not nearly as effective I think.
Gerard
No. You're right. **Holy Smoke** is much funnier.
As the American unit weighs in towards a more liberal, make-fun-at-yourself catholic agenda for the new era.
Which I'm all for as long as the new American-Liberal Catholic agenda includes legally processing child abusers and observing some sort of faction which disallows future child abuse.
just sayin...............
Quote from: "Gerard"New drinking game for people that appreciate moderation.... Take a sip every time smoke billows from that chimney!
Gerard
I still say people from this forum should gather and drink together at some point. A nice island in the Bahamas would be nice.
Hmmmm..... 6 PM, four voting rounds and still no 'habemus papam'. This was the round in which Benedict was elected back then....
This means they will eventually probably go for a dark horse....
Gerard
Quote from: "WitchSabrina"Quote from: "Gerard"New drinking game for people that appreciate moderation.... Take a sip every time smoke billows from that chimney!
Gerard
I still say people from this forum should gather and drink together at some point. A nice island in the Bahamas would be nice.
That would be nice. The only member of this forum I ever met in the flesh is Jutter!
Gerard
Quote from: "WitchSabrina"Quote from: "Gerard"New drinking game for people that appreciate moderation.... Take a sip every time smoke billows from that chimney!
Gerard
I still say people from this forum should gather and drink together at some point. A nice island in the Bahamas would be nice.
Probably a couple years ago now, some of the west coasters had a meet up or two. I met a bunch of the Philly area folks years ago in the IG.com days when Dawkins was in town to do a reading and Q & A for The God Delusion, and then did an interview with the RRS. I was the camera man for the interview.
Meet ups really should happen more often than they do.
Quote from: "WitchSabrina"Quote from: "Gerard"That bird is still sitting there..... Perhaps he should be the new pope. To please the GULLible.....
hmmm.
Gerard
:rollin:
that's pathetic
I know.... I'm in a pathetic mood right now. It'll pass.....
Gerard
Quote from: "Gerard"Quote from: "WitchSabrina"Quote from: "Gerard"That bird is still sitting there..... Perhaps he should be the new pope. To please the GULLible.....
hmmm.
Gerard
:rollin:
that's pathetic
I know.... I'm in a pathetic mood right now. It'll pass.....
Gerard
It's either sad or a sign of my age that I'm not only getting your crazy jokes - but that I'm appreciating them. I fear we're in the same boat of pathetic, hon.
:rollin:
but........meh...........at least we're honest about it.
:-"
Just noticed the "GULLable" part. Wow, Gerard. Just....wow. :lol:
Quote from: "BarkAtTheMoon"Just noticed the "GULLable" part. Wow, Gerard. Just....wow. :lol:
see? I said it's pathetic that I'm getting his jokes.
:rollin:
QuoteMeet ups really should happen more often than they do.
It feels so silly to have a meetup with people with whom you've probably no more in common then not believing in the same thing :P
Quote from: "Plu"QuoteMeet ups really should happen more often than they do.
It feels so silly to have a meetup with people with whom you've probably no more in common then not believing in the same thing :P
True, but it's still a bunch of people we've been having conversations with for years. It's almost just as weird
not meeting up in person at some point.
ETA: And it
was awkward as fuck being called BarkAtTheMoon in real life.
Bird still on chimney..... been sitting there for half an hour now.....
Gerard
Well....the play by play about the bird sitting on the chimney is more interesting than the play by play of the pope vote.
Quote from: "BarkAtTheMoon"ETA: And it was awkward as fuck being called BarkAtTheMoon in real life.
:-D
That's why my username is actually my real name too!
Gerard
Quote from: "BarkAtTheMoon"Well....the play by play about the bird sitting on the chimney is more interesting than the play by play of the pope vote.
Birdie still there..... It's getting darker there now!
(//http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g97/Popperite/bird2_zps950bdb7f.jpg)
Gerard
Ahhh... It seems the bird got tired of waiting....
(//http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g97/Popperite/bird3_zps8a7802c5.jpg)
Gerard
Quote from: "Gerard"You can watch a live feed of a chimney in Rome:
http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/cvplive ... cvpstream1 (http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/cvplive/cvpstream1&hpt=hp_t1#/video/cvplive/cvpstream1)
Gerard
SO THE FUCK WHAT!
I can also watch a child in a preschool playroom pretend to have a tea party with invisible friends. When adults pretend it is insulting. Otherwise just because I fancy a blowjob from Angelina Jolie must mean I will get one because the idea sounds nice.
As a former Catholic it does not matter how "pretty" the superstition is, you are not dealing with reality here. You are dealing with adults in a delusional case of "lets pretend". The ancient Egyptians were full of adults too, but that did not make the sun a god.
Quote from: "Gerard"Ahhh... It seems the bird got tired of waiting....
[ Image (//http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g97/Popperite/bird3_zps8a7802c5.jpg) ]
Gerard
Meanwhile while global media panders to superstition, tens of thousands of kids die from starvation or disease in Africa. And crime and war and death still exist as they always have. But somehow, magically, staring at a fucking pipe will bring peace to the world when it is obvious the track record of this tradition has failed to deliver.
Since the bird watching seems to be over I'll use my bandwidth for more useful things now... Next scheduled smoke moment should be in about half an hour from what I've heard.....
Gerard
White smoke people!
Gerard
Quote from: "Gerard"White smoke people!
Gerard
GOODY OH GOODY the comic book fan club chose an new president. In other news, building Pyramids did not make the sun a god.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio. From Argentina. His parents were Italian. He will be known as Francis I. Never heard of him before..... And a Jesuit, which is unusual...
Gerard
So, should we start a new thread on the new pope, or just keep this one going. I don't really give much of a fuck, but, I guess I am slightly curious as to how much of a prick he is.
Francis I? Glorious. We get to use this all the time now:
(//http://www.johnnythefool.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Lighten-Up-Francis.jpeg)
Quote from: "caseagainstfaith"So, should we start a new thread on the new pope, or just keep this one going. I don't really give much of a fuck, but, I guess I am slightly curious as to how much of a prick he is.
Me, too! I'm curious to see what dirt comes out about him to the press. I'm pretty sure he won't be able to top Ratzinger there, but you never know...
To wikipedia (//http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Mario_Bergoglio)!
*waits patiently*
Quote from: "Brian37"SO THE FUCK WHAT!
I can also watch a child in a preschool playroom pretend to have a tea party with invisible friends. When adults pretend it is insulting. Otherwise just because I fancy a blowjob from Angelina Jolie must mean I will get one because the idea sounds nice.
As a former Catholic it does not matter how "pretty" the superstition is, you are not dealing with reality here. You are dealing with adults in a delusional case of "lets pretend". The ancient Egyptians were full of adults too, but that did not make the sun a god.
Because as irrelevant as it is in terms of spirituality and the afterlife, the Roman Catholic Church is the single largest denomination of Christianity and probably the largest single religious group in the world. Without any reference to anything supernatural it is still a large and powerful organization in purely earthly terms.
Therefore the leader of the Church is of interest simply for political reasons.
Similar to how people outside the US are impacted by the election of the US president.
So the cardinals reved up that old Chevy Vega till the head gasket blew white smoke.. And in other news.. It's still fucking cold here...dammit. :|
Quote from: "WitchSabrina"Quote from: "Gerard"That bird is still sitting there..... Perhaps he should be the new pope. To please the GULLible.....
hmmm.
Gerard
:rollin:
that's pathetic
I agree. We need to vote on a new forum administrator, someone who can take the job seriously.
Quote from: "Gerard"Jorge Mario Bergoglio. From Argentina. His parents were Italian. He will be known as Francis I. Never heard of him before..
Gerard
Yeah. Apparently, he wasn't even on the top 15 most likely to be elected list. NPR's vatican correspondent was baffled. She couldn't even think of anything to say about him. It was an awkward moment in NPR journalism. The correspondent kept trying to hand the coverage back to the host anchor, but he kept asking her questions, none of which she could answer. :-D
Quote from: "Jason_Harvestdancer"Quote from: "Brian37"SO THE FUCK WHAT!
As a former Catholic it does not matter how "pretty" the superstition is, you are not dealing with reality here. You are dealing with adults in a delusional case of "lets pretend". The ancient Egyptians were full of adults too, but that did not make the sun a god.
Because as irrelevant as it is in terms of spirituality and the afterlife....
Hold on here. This is the Pope you're talking about. People all over the world love him and look up to him. They wait for his words. He is the supreme authority and has the final say on all the bullshit.
The "Conclave" is nothing more than a comic book fan club selecting a new president, while blowing smoke up everyone's ass.
Quote from: "SGOS"Quote from: "WitchSabrina"Quote from: "Gerard"That bird is still sitting there..... Perhaps he should be the new pope. To please the GULLible.....
hmmm.
Gerard
:rollin:
that's pathetic
I agree. We need to vote on a new forum administrator, someone who can take the job seriously.
Good idea! May I suggest we hold a conclave?
Gerard
Quote from: "SGOS"Quote from: "Gerard"Jorge Mario Bergoglio. From Argentina. His parents were Italian. He will be known as Francis I. Never heard of him before..
Gerard
Yeah. Apparently, he wasn't even on the top 15 most likely to be elected list. NPR's vatican correspondent was baffled. She couldn't even think of anything to say about him. It was an awkward moment in NPR journalism. The correspondent kept trying to hand the coverage back to the host anchor, but he kept asking her questions, none of which she could answer. :-D
The lady on Dutch tv knew exactly who he was and told us so! Turns out he came in second last time around when Benedict XVI was chosen....
Gerard
Donna Brazile looks like she used the papal chimney to blowdry her hair.
I just congrats my catlic friends on FB and reminded them that the same god who approved Obama approved the new poop,,,,awaiting the cheers any second now!
Quote from: "aitm"I just congrats my catlic friends on FB and reminded them that the same god who approved Obama approved the new poop,,,,awaiting the cheers any second now!
:popcorn:
Quote from: "SGOS"Quote from: "Gerard"Jorge Mario Bergoglio. From Argentina. His parents were Italian. He will be known as Francis I. Never heard of him before..
Gerard
Yeah. Apparently, he wasn't even on the top 15 most likely to be elected list. NPR's vatican correspondent was baffled. She couldn't even think of anything to say about him. It was an awkward moment in NPR journalism. The correspondent kept trying to hand the coverage back to the host anchor, but he kept asking her questions, none of which she could answer. :-D
That's interesting cause I saw an article yesterday that said the unofficial scuttlebutt around the Vatican said he came in second to Palpatine in the vote last conclave.
Quote from: "BarkAtTheMoon"Quote from: "SGOS"Yeah. Apparently, he wasn't even on the top 15 most likely to be elected list. NPR's vatican correspondent was baffled. She couldn't even think of anything to say about him. It was an awkward moment in NPR journalism. The correspondent kept trying to hand the coverage back to the host anchor, but he kept asking her questions, none of which she could answer. :-D
That's interesting cause I saw an article yesterday that said the unofficial scuttlebutt around the Vatican said he came in second to Palpatine in the vote last conclave.
That was the one thing the NPR correspondent knew about him, and at the time, I wondered why she had not collected more information on him if she knew he was the runner up at the last conclave. She must have spent her time brushing up on the top 15. Or maybe she didn't brush up at all. And what expert or talking head decides who the top 15 are anyway? Owing to the closely guarded secrecy of the process, who would know anything beforehand?
With several days of media hype, which extended even to NPR (it's the only time I can remember NPR hyping anything so out of proportion beforehand), there seemed to be this breathless wonderment that pervaded the whole thing. What came across was not so much who the Pope was, but that white smoke came out the chimney and... wonder of wonders... we have a Pope! WTF? Did they think maybe we wouldn't have a Pope?
But the excitement over the last week was bizarre to an extreme. They treated the event like a second coming of Christ, which would also be silly, of course. But so much palaver over a pointless event like appointing a new head of a cult that worships an imaginary god, and everyone goes nuts. It's really weird when an NPR correspondent is speechless and breathless.
They interviewed people in St. Peter's Square, hand picked I supposed for their enthusiasm, and I thought it would be fun to be there and be asked by a correspondent why I traveled to Rome for this event. I could say, "I always wanted to spend a huge sum of money to do one utterly pointless thing in my life, and I thought there would never be a better chance than this. Cross one off my bucket list!"
Nothing will change with the new pope . More of the same shit .
Quote from: "BarkAtTheMoon"Quote from: "SGOS"Quote from: "Gerard"Jorge Mario Bergoglio. From Argentina. His parents were Italian. He will be known as Francis I. Never heard of him before..
Gerard
Yeah. Apparently, he wasn't even on the top 15 most likely to be elected list. NPR's vatican correspondent was baffled. She couldn't even think of anything to say about him. It was an awkward moment in NPR journalism. The correspondent kept trying to hand the coverage back to the host anchor, but he kept asking her questions, none of which she could answer. :-D
That's interesting cause I saw an article yesterday that said the unofficial scuttlebutt around the Vatican said he came in second to Palpatine in the vote last conclave.
Yes.... that's what I hear too. Doesn't that mean that some cardinal leaked? (Or some journalist just made stuff up?)
Gerard
The old Pope done gone up in smoke
It's black, its black its white!!!!
And all the them stupid cat-o-licks
stood in the rain all night
with bated breath awaitin'
which old homophobe will come
to spew the same old rhetoric
from beneath St. Peter's dome.
to be the exalted leader
of a billion blank empty minds
while happily taking their money
and humping their kids behinds
But don't worry, more dirt will follow
so allay your worries and fears
they been sweeping it under the rug
for 700 years.
You can act all benign and shit
but don't you fear, my friend
the dirt is just too deep
It'll leak out in the end.
Quote from: "Gerard"Quote from: "BarkAtTheMoon"That's interesting cause I saw an article yesterday that said the unofficial scuttlebutt around the Vatican said he came in second to Palpatine in the vote last conclave.
Yes.... that's what I hear too. Doesn't that mean that some cardinal leaked? (Or some journalist just made stuff up?)
Gerard
You would think so, but the burning of the votes symbolizes the holy secrecy of the event. Of course that's not going to stop some disgruntled cardinal from blabbing it to someone. In the end, I suspect making a big deal out of the secrecy, real or imagined, just adds more to the hype. Oh my, a new Pope has emerged. He must be sooo holy, because the whole process is sooo magically secret; Whoo hoo! And they notify everyone with a smoke signal, just like man did in ancient times. A text message, tweet, or a public announcement is just so banal. An event like this requires fire and smoke.
Quote from: "stromboli"The old Pope done gone up in smoke
It's black, its black its white!!!!
And all the them stupid cat-o-licks
stood in the rain all night
with bated breath awaitin'
which old homophobe will come
to spew the same old rhetoric
from beneath St. Peter's dome.
to be the exalted leader
of a billion blank empty minds
while happily taking their money
and humping their kids behinds
But don't worry, more dirt will follow
so allay your worries and fears
they been sweeping it under the rug
for 700 years.
You can act all benign and shit
but don't you fear, my friend
the dirt is just too deep
It'll leak out in the end.
=D>
Quote from: "stromboli"......
You can act all benign and shit
but don't you fear, my friend
the dirt is just too deep
It'll leak out in the end.
Oh my! Even Stromboli was so touched by the event, he was moved (by God's hand no doubt) to create a poem.
Quote from: "SGOS"Quote from: "Gerard"NPR's vatican correspondent was baffled.
Sylvia Poggioli baffled - a once-in-a-species event - and I missed it? Rats.
I just back from an hours drive. I was listening to NPR during that time. Don't know what's been going on all day, but all I heard about was the Pope. It's not dying yet. I finally turned the radio off.
The seagull was even mentioned on CNN.....
http://us.cnn.com/video/?hpt=sitenav#/v ... -smoke.cnn (http://us.cnn.com/video/?hpt=sitenav#/video/world/2013/03/13/tsr-moos-blowing-smoke.cnn)
QuoteA seagull had the gall to give us something to see
Gerard
Gerard you're just going to have to let that go.
just sayin....................... :rollin:
Birdie num num
[youtube:1zbz55mc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYCth6-8aYA[/youtube:1zbz55mc]
The bird has it's own twitter account (he beat the new pope to it) @sistineseagull.....
The social media..... Great technology and stuff, but the content?? 8-[
Gerard
(//https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7140392192/hC89C7D0D/)
Quote from: "Plu"[ Image (//https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7140392192/hC89C7D0D/) ]
:rollin:
That seagull on the chimney in Rome came back to my thoughts today. A friend and I made a little trip across the border to Germany and we were confronted with a whole flock of Catholic birds. Crows, that seemed to have developed a certain preference for the roof of a big RC church in Rhede, Germany. It reminded me of Hitchcock's movie "the birds". Reality trumps what can be communicated in a video.....
[youtube:2xwsgqj5]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1m80YhPCeM[/youtube:2xwsgqj5]
Gerard
hmmmm.... I wonder why the Youtube tags don't work....
Gerard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1m80YhPCeM[s:ktr2sreh][b]&feature=youtu.be[/b][/s:ktr2sreh]
Thanks! I also just found out that the usable code is accessible through the "sharing" link under the video on youtube. I always just included the URL. It worked on Facebook, but not here....
Gerard