# Pope: Economic crisis helps us leave simple lives **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 17, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-economic-crisis-helps-us-leave-simple-lives/477609 "2008-12-17T18:39:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-economic-crisis-helps-us-leave-simple-lives/477609/41 "2008-12-18T21:38:11Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > From the linked article above: > > This pitting is a colossal failure. That’s what i get for not reading the entire article for myself. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-economic-crisis-helps-us-leave-simple-lives/477609/42 "2008-12-18T23:29:23Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Yeah, fuck you Pope! How dare you try to remind us of the true meaning of Christmas! The Pope shook his head gravely. “No, my son… Fuck _you_.” The humor of this punchline is derived from an assumption that the Pope doesn’t swear. It took me years to figure that out. ---
**Author:** ![HumanMonkeyGod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c67d28/32.png) [@HumanMonkeyGod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumanMonkeyGod)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-economic-crisis-helps-us-leave-simple-lives/477609/43 "2008-12-20T08:06:18Z")
Reject Satan’s electricity! Candles are all we need. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-economic-crisis-helps-us-leave-simple-lives/477609/44 "2008-12-20T08:14:56Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > That’s 10% of the _GROSS_, people. What if your margin is 4.5%? ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-economic-crisis-helps-us-leave-simple-lives/477609/45 "2008-12-20T14:22:37Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > The Pope, wearing a velvet cloak trimmed in ermine and a gold embroidered silk sash, [today said](http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081217/twl-eu-vatican-christmas-crisis-c8e2916.html)that tough times can give back simplicity and solidarity to holiday celebrations. Internet posters, spending numerous hours typing messages critical of other people, today decried the Pope’s lack of concern for his fellowman. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-economic-crisis-helps-us-leave-simple-lives/477609/46 "2008-12-20T15:14:38Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Internet posters, spending numerous hours typing messages critical of other people, today decried the Pope’s lack of concern for his fellowman. Is that what this is about? Huh. I thought it was about hypocrisy. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-economic-crisis-helps-us-leave-simple-lives/477609/47 "2008-12-20T15:56:52Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > Is that what this is about? Huh. > > I thought it was about hypocrisy. That’s the beauty of it though; it works both ways. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-economic-crisis-helps-us-leave-simple-lives/477609/48 "2008-12-20T18:17:12Z")
Aren’t a lot of the Vatican possesions actually artifacts on display, actually? ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-economic-crisis-helps-us-leave-simple-lives/477609/49 "2008-12-20T18:33:21Z")
He _could_ sell them on eBay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-economic-crisis-helps-us-leave-simple-lives/477609.md?page=2)