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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA 
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Amid the proper pomp and circumstance surrounded by an opulence not even pharaoh could have imagined the new figurehead of the world's poor and destitute Assumes command the event signified by a puff of smoke. abracadabra.... |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
for real? what was the smoke for? |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
white smoke I'm sure....smiles |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Balladeer I'll have to watch the news. Since you wrote this I presume it was white. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
And the first German one in ..um, I forget.  I was married to one once..uh,..a German that is. Oooh geesh..I'm going back outside in the sun. And the smoke was white and the bells rang.  |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
It actually was a chilling experience to watch (chilling for me because I also have a fever) chills for others as they were so touched by it all~~~ What unbelievable crowds~~~ M |
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MGROVES
since 2004-02-01
Posts 3802california |
 glad i am not german bad vibes here!!!! My spirit will rise |
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SEA
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since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
what is that supposed to mean? I am German thanks.... |
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Bonnie j Senior Member
since 2003-06-27
Posts 1588Ohio |
Greetings Deer I in the lunch-room at work as I was walking away from the tv as I glanced they where showing gray smoke. Half way down the hall I heard everyone clapping and yelling. I figured they announced who was the new pope. See Ya Hugs BonBon  |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
He tokes?.... |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
LOL at Toe... The first German Pope in over 1,000 years... Not all Germans should be lumped in the same pile... I know...  but I figure I've enough other ethnicities within my blood stream that it all averages out to make me 100% mutt.  Anyway, I wish the man good fortune - he comes to power in a world gone slightly awry. |
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MGROVES
since 2004-02-01
Posts 3802california |
i have nothing against germans~ it just felt like someone did~ ` My spirit will rise |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
You were yes on the bad vibes, mgrove, but wrong on the Germans. My vibes concerned the Vatican itself. I've always considered it somehow a little sacreligious that the Vatican sits there displaying literally hundreds of millions of dollars in riches - gold, jewels, paintings, etc - while claiming to be for the poor and downtrodden of the world. It's not only the Vatican. I have the same problem with Robert Dollar, er, Schuler and his crystal cathedral where one can sit in his own pew by paying for squatter's rights at so much per buttock...and others like him. I liked the passages in the Bible where disciples were told to give away their earthly possessions and go out to preach the word of God. There are many vows traded in the Vatican but I doubt poverty is one of them. At any rate the poem was written to make the comparison of the grandoise display of the Papal selection to a magic act and my opinion that it was basically "wholly smoke". The German Pope will do admirably, I'm sure.... |
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MGROVES
since 2004-02-01
Posts 3802california |
thanks for clearing the smoke, air, the bad vibes where thick, and i have known some people who hated germans, just ignorants with out a soul, hell we all now adays are pretty much mutt, little bit of all in us. i dont care for prejiduce. but for the one living in wealth and says he is for the poor, what better way to ease a guilty mind, most wouldnt be so poor if they didnt give so much to those churches. but then the devil and god work in mysterious ways. you got to turn people off from god somehow right? thanks for coming back and explaining to me, i appreciate the time. My spirit will rise |
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wandering glider Senior Member
since 2001-04-04
Posts 501aloft |
And your scheme to liquidate the gold, jewels, paintings, etc. would be . . .??? |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
I remember many years ago when the Right Reverend Ike used to preach on TV...he'd have more diamonds and gold around his neck than Mr. T...and would have a diamond studded Rolex watch..and would preach: "A rich man has as much chance of getting to heaven as a camel thru the eye of a needle"...so give me your gold and money and I will put it to the Lord's good.... |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Thanks Karilea I was trying to remember how long it had been since a German Pope was chosen and it had indeed been over 1,000 years. When I said I was married to one once.. I didn't want anyone to think I was married to a Pope...but rather to a German..a fine one at that..am I making myself any clearer now or just digging myself in deeper? |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
agreed. My problem was age. I took one look at his picture and said, "He looks old as hell, he isn't going to be around for long." of course later I read in a news article that he is a "transitional" pope...lmao. whatever....a few hail marys and all is forgiven. *ducks* "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Thanks for clearing that up, enchantress. I was SURE you had been married to a Pope!!  |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
Father Guido Sarducci... Now that's my kind of Pope! Hey there Sir Balladeer... long time no smoke from my corner of the world. Just poking around and thought I would say, "Hey."I've been far to busy rearranging my world to write much. Hopefully that will change. Peace to you and all the crew at PIP. |
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SEA
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
MGROVES, it's all good...thank you |
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