# Bonking (not boinking) the pope.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 4, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonking-not-boinking-the-pope/570188 "2011-02-04T19:35:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonking-not-boinking-the-pope/570188/1 "2011-02-04T19:35:44Z")

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I’ve believed, sincs I was little, that the pope was bonked on his holy forehead with a silver hammer to verify his demise. An interesting side story was that the actual deed was performed by a “lost soul” because to bonk a pope, dead or not, would insure eternal damnation. Being an ex-catholic I prefer to believe that the pope was, and likely still is, smote upon his infallible forehead to convince his buds of his death.  
Here’s snopes’ [take](http://www.snopes.com/religion/hammer.asp) on the subject.  
BTW; if You _are_ real, I’m only kidding. Okay?  
Peace,  
mangeorge