# Just When I Think I Like the Pope, He Pulls this Shit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326 "2022-01-06T14:53:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/142 "2022-01-07T19:13:12Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > (I see from reading this thread that the pope is in fact a catholic ! > Who knew ?!) This just in: Bears do, in fact, defecate in the woods. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/143 "2022-01-07T19:22:02Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > This just in: Bears do, in fact, defecate in the woods. Must make life challenging for polar bears. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/144 "2022-01-07T19:35:37Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > I just re-read the article See? Toldja. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/145 "2022-01-07T19:38:29Z")
The Pope has it a little easier since he can take the Pope-mobile to the woods when he has to take a dump. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/146 "2022-01-07T19:39:27Z")
Can’t. Too busy fucking the wife, cuz the Pope told me I need to. Orders are orders. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/147 "2022-01-07T20:29:11Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > See? Toldja. Told me what? The only change in my views was that the pope is an even bigger shithead for suggesting that couples who have only one child are selfish and should have more, regardless of their feelings on the matter. Big fucking talk for a glorified virgin. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/148 "2022-01-07T21:25:14Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > He’s looking after the Catholic Church. Bah! As I just discovered in another thread Pope Francis is in fact a crypto-Jew, working on behalf of the world Jewish conspiracy to eradicate good Catholics: > **[GOP Donor Says Pope Francis Is Jewish Agent Installed to Distribute Vaccine](https://www.newsweek.com/gop-donor-claims-pope-francis-jewish-agent-installed-distribute-vaccine-1665640)** > > "For 300 years the Jews have been trying to infiltrate the Catholic Church," the donor wrote in an email. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/149 "2022-01-07T22:26:10Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Too busy fucking the wife Seriously? She told me otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/150 "2022-01-07T23:39:41Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Must make life challenging for polar bears. “For fucks’ sake, I finally found some trees! I’ve been holding this for years.” ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/151 "2022-01-07T23:39:56Z")
> [@bump](#): > > A half-million dollar second house falls under “extravagant nonsense” in the post you replied to. Depends on where you live. In San Francisco, for example, the average rent for a _studio_ apartment is $2,417. I have a 3-bedroom townhouse in a small township about 40 miles outside of Philly, and my _mortgage_ is less than that. ETA: And I missed your saying it was for a second house, not a primary residence. I suppose most people think a vacation home is an unnecessary extravagance no matter the price. I’m ambivalent. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/152 "2022-01-08T02:06:02Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@gnoitall](#): > > > > Must make life challenging for polar bears. > > “For fucks’ sake, I finally found some trees! I’ve been holding this for years.” Where do you think yellow snow comes from? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/153 "2022-01-08T06:19:07Z")
I recall hearing on the radio just yesterday morning that the Pope isn’t allowed to own pets in the Papal apartments. In fact, with the exception of service animals, pets aren’t allowed in the Vatican at all. From [here](https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8219384): “But currently, Pope Benedict XVI must abide by the rule against pets in Vatican apartments “although one cardinal has a dog and everyone in Rome knows it,” says Mahony. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/154 "2022-01-08T12:57:43Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Their own **clean** clothes which they yanked out of their dressers or closets in their picky search for today’s outfit. The “not this, not this, not this” clothes. One of the absolutely solid reasons I support school uniforms. I also don’t think a 9 year old should have a walk in closet with a hundred outfits and 20 pair of shoes like Sex in the City woman … when growing up, I had school uniforms, and 1 absolute formal [sort of like a nice non-bridesmaid gown because we did do situations where I needed to get that dressed up - where is the mr yucky face we used to have?] 3 less dressy but still fancy outfits [think cocktail level or dining out at the ritz sort of clothing] and 4 pair jeans, and probably 8 or 9 tshirts, and a couple pair of shorts. I only had a bathing suit because the place we did Red Cross training required them, otherwise lake and sailing time was ratty cut offs and a tshirt. Pair sneakers, hiking boots, and mary janes for dressy. I still don’t have that much in the way of clothing, every stitch I own fits in a MOLLE pack and a seabag. I could pretty much move everything important to us in my momvan [the cat carrier would take up a fair amount of room, we have the medium dog sized one to give [Tiny Apex Predator](https://imgur.com/a/V6uvDvs) space.] ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/155 "2022-01-08T13:00:56Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > **I recall hearing on the radio just yesterday morning that the Pope isn’t allowed to own pets in the Papal apartments.** In fact, with the exception of service animals, pets aren’t allowed in the Vatican at all. - That explains much. He doesn’t have a cat to put him in his place. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/156 "2022-01-08T14:06:12Z")
He doesn’t have a dog in this fight. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/157 "2022-01-08T15:47:23Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > > > > [@RickJay](#): > > > > > > If Catholic couples don’t have children, how’s a priest supposed to get laid? > > > > Good one! - > > “Getting laid” only applies if both parties are willing. For real, it was a disgusting “joke” ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/158 "2022-01-08T16:05:58Z")
It just shows when you get down to brass tacks just how primitive religion is, produce more Catholics!!! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/159 "2022-01-08T16:29:53Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > That the precepts of his church allegedly hold him back is not an excuse for inaction. He chooses to adhere to them, he doesn’t have to. If it weren’t a certainty that he’d adhere to the precepts of his church, he’d have never been in a position to even be in the running for Cardinal, never mind Pope. Anyone of us could do all those progressive things in his place, sure. Which is why no one of us would even be considered for it in a thousand years. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/160 "2022-01-08T16:31:16Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > We could absolutely sustain our current population, and can sustain even more people, if we’re smart. We could destroy the environment and ourselves with just half the current population if we’re not. I’ve seen ample evidence of the latter, not so much of the former. Given that, I’d say less is more – says the guy who’s had a vasectomy and remained child-free. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/161 "2022-01-08T19:16:52Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I’ve seen ample evidence of the latter, not so much of the former. The last fifty years of human history demonstrates a remarkable level of ingenuity in accomodating rising populations. It is a fact that fifty years ago people were saying the world’s population could not possibly be sustained any higher. They turned out to be amazingly wrong. > [@chela](#): > > For real, it was a disgusting “joke” Ask the Roman Catholic Church about disgusting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326.md?page=9)