Holy smoke!

He didn't look fat when I saw him!

Were you wearing a mini and lace or slacks and a frumpy blouse?

slacks and a frumpy blouse of course.

Oops, yeah, Ely: I was too stoned to notice :o) I expect there will soon be a new brand of cigarettes 'Pope' for holy smoke - or even 'Purgatory' get burning today - and a certain holy man will get free cigs for life (which probably won't be long on 30 a day).

isn't it great!!!

Not being well today I felt the need to stop for a rest on my way home. I plonked myself down on a wooden bench outside one of the many amusement arcades and watched with increasing fascination as a succession of optimistic punters convinced themselves, with mounting excitement, that they had won their beloved a lovely teddybear - only to see it fall from the mechanical grip at the very last second. It shows that people still believe in miracles, but, needless to say, there were none while I was there.

I LOVE the 'excelsior' stuffing. In excelcius Deus!

:o)

check this!

Love it!

thats excellent Jude

..I'm dangerous with photoshop when bored!

I loved the detail... like the royal purple of the official Vatican Marlboro but it's a pity you couldn't get one of those little papal hats for the ashtray, jude. Ash Wednesday will never be the same - cough, cough, cough :o(

Dear God, the jokes get worse n worse...If the Pope keeps smoking, he really -will- be stuffed... *harrrumph* ;-)

So now when we see smoke through that chimney... [%sig%]

it's probably weed. no, seriously, think aout it. It's not illegal in the bible. It may be illegal in real life but who's gonna arrest the pope for fooks sake?. If I was Pope and had a life of total celibacy and tee totalization to look forward to, I'd be whacked off my tits before I got out of my pit of a morning!

Clearly his vow of poverty doesn't include abstaining from the luxury of ciggies: they're rather dear when added up over the years... *cough cough hack wheeeeezzze*

Clerics don't take a vow of poverty!

Ah. The worm turns...

altho I was with a bunch of friars yesterday who do...and several of them were fagging away!!!

I'm surprised no-one has done the Holy Smoke, Joke... I'm too disillusioned. Still if a Borgia can make pope...

So who takes the vow of poverty then? And why don't the clerics? (I am tempted to say something about the power and wealth of the Church, but I won't...;-))

The Malboro Monk needs a smoke ring halo, jude!

Ely, if he comes out with some very laidback papal edicts, we'll know you're right. [%sig%]

smiley... check thread title.

Monks, nuns, sisters, friars (religious) take vows of poverty, chastity, obedience. Diocesan priest only promise obedience to their bishop. Monastic vows are not part of the choice of becoming a secular priest. So even though they are chaste (celibate) they are s out of obedience to their bishop and not a vow of chastity. They live simple lives but as they do not live in community it doesn't make sense to hold things in common which is what poverty is about.

Thanks for that. You learn something new every day. I thought everyone took a vow, and that it really was a vow of (x, y, z). Interesting!

* nearly swallowed me smoke* Errr...Jude: did you just become Judas or what? I like common people because they've nothing in common with elitist institutions nor their skull-duggery! Weath is not of possession, but in praise of......That is why the commoners are impoverished...they give more than get back...geddit! I hope the fat prick dies of lung cancer!