Black Smoke at Vatican

[Ken]

By Roger Wilkison

Vatican

18 April 2005

Black smoke has risen from a chimney above the Vatican's , indicating the Roman Catholic Cardinals closed off inside failed to elect a new pope on their first ballot.

The smoke is a sign that no cardinal won a two-thirds majority, or 77 votes, of the 115 cardinals taking part in the secret conclave.

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Edited April 20, 2005 by Kooperman

[Ken]

GREEN SMOKE, I GOT GREEN SMOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ken]

Drat, and double drat.

We were too late.

[Kooperman]

I looked at the chimney and saw a purple haze, man........'scuse me while I kiss the sky.... :righteousdude:

[Ken]

I guess this means Koop is the pope.

[method77]

Bush should be the new pope

[rainbowdemon]

Bush should be the new pope

Koop would make a better one!!

[Wolfie]

Where there is smoke, there is fire. :bigsmile:

[Shawn]

It usually takes 4 days anyway.

Love the inclusion of the 'tormented girl' in the nuke pic.

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I though Bush named the Pope?

[rainbowdemon]

I though Bush named the Pope?

That moron couldn't name the 7 dwarfs.

[Ken]

I don't think I could name them either.

However, I can speak English, and I don't bullshit.

[method77]

watching live right now and it seems they have elected the new pope

Bells toll, people screaming and all that

[Mister Spong]

They think it's all over - it is now!

Just got to find out who won it!

[method77]

Τhe new pope is german

Benedict the 16th or something....

[method77]

I just realised that Beatking had a WORLD EXCLUSIVE for a few seconds cause I typed the name of the new pope just a few msecs after the cardinal announced it

Take that you big media assholes! :read this:

AMEN

[Malicious Intent]

Knowing the media, half of them will think his actual name is "Benedict the 16th or something"

[Mister Spong]

So what does that mean for all us non-believers then? :bigsmile:

[Ken]

So what does that mean for all us non-believers then?

Yeah, I can just imagine the answer.

"The Biggest Blanket Statement in the Universe" is what they'll call it.

[method77]

Yeah, I can just imagine the answer.

"The Biggest Blanket Statement in the Universe" is what they'll call it.

[method77]

different times Wolfie. It's all politics now

[Wolfie]

different times Wolfie. It's all politics now

Nevermind, the guy I was talking about was Italian not German. I just looked it up.

[DudeAsInCool]

Here's the new Pope...

[method77]

saw that on the news in the morning. Great cover!

Congrats to the Sun

[Ken]

Ok, I'm going to just ask.......

Who added the "rat" comments to the thread sub-title?

Can whoever did it, remove it? I did officially post it as a news article, and then added my personal opinions, pictures and bland humor afterward (which is nothing but a representation of MYSELF).

I want the thread title and the article to remain.........ah............."professional" so as not to offend anyone on behalf of BeatKing.

[DudeAsInCool]

Dont know who did it, but Im happy to remove the Rat portion...