# Most suprising things about the Pope's funeral

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**Created:** [April 8, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-suprising-things-about-the-popes-funeral/298408 "2005-04-08T16:29:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-suprising-things-about-the-popes-funeral/298408/61 "2005-04-09T10:07:38Z")

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(My reply being, of course, to Heloise. Forgot to hit “Quote message”)

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**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-suprising-things-about-the-popes-funeral/298408/62 "2005-04-09T14:32:54Z")

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> [@susan\_foster](#):
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> I expected to see some of the ceremony in Latin. I’m surprised they chose to use the pig dialect, though.
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> Susan

I was surprised as well, but I thought it was a nice touch that portions of the service were translated into Jive.

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**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-suprising-things-about-the-popes-funeral/298408/63 "2005-04-09T14:46:45Z")

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I thought it was in bad taste to interrupt the televised procedings with a 15 minute “Infomercial” of Ron Popeil hawking his Dead Pope Soap-On-A-Roap making kit. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-suprising-things-about-the-popes-funeral/298408/64 "2005-04-11T13:36:42Z")

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I also thought it odd that the last thing said at the Mass was not “Amen,” but “When come back, bring pie.”  
Sorry, couldn’t resist…

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