# Schaivo and the Pope: The Similarity is Scary! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 31, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031 "2005-03-31T01:29:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031/21 "2005-04-01T00:53:17Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Did you see last night’s South Park? Nope. Do you want to donate to my “Help **rjung** get cable” fund? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031/22 "2005-04-01T01:01:25Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Nope. > > Do you want to donate to my “Help **rjung** get cable” fund? 🙂 Nope. Here’s the plot: Kenny gets a PSP, along with a game called Heaven vs. Hell. He makes it level 60, then is ran over by a bus. He goes to Heaven, which has a problem. Due to the policy of only Mormons going to Heaven, the forces are too low to repel the impending assault from Hell. The PSP was a test, to find someone who could win the battle. He is brought back from the dead in a PVS, then there’s a whole bunch of stuff based on the Schaivo thing. They eventually pull the tube, Kenny dies again, and proceeds to defend Heaven by playing the game. As a result, his reward is a golden statue of Keanu Reeves. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031/23 "2005-04-01T06:00:20Z")
Yeah, there are major differences. I didn’t care if Teri Schiavo died, and I hope that the Pope dies soon. Feeding tubes are so fucking trendy. Erek \*sorry, I just have a hate on for old men in power these days. It’s nothing personal against catholics. I was happy when George Kennan and Johnny Cochran died as well. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031/24 "2005-04-01T06:50:51Z")
67 is old for you? :eek: And, coming from the other end of the spectrum entirely, as a faithful Catholic I hope the Pope’s life ends soon too. I lost two grandparents to Parkinson’s and it’s a nasty way to go. CNN has a scary headline right now: “Vatican: Pope suffers ‘cardiocirculatory collapse’”. I don’t even know what that means, but I expect to wake up tomorrow morning to the tolling of church bells all over the city. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031/25 "2005-04-01T09:33:42Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > I don’t even know what that means, but I expect to wake up tomorrow morning to the tolling of church bells all over the city. The collapse of the heart and circulatory system? That’s what the name suggests, IANAD. Septic shock, his recent bout of influenza, etc. And the Vatican is calling his condition “very grave” which, apparently, they haven’t done before. It certainly seems as though death is imminent. There seem to be an awful lot of newsworthy deaths and critically sick people this week. I haven’t heard much about Falwell’s condition. How’s he holding up? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031/26 "2005-04-01T19:09:40Z")
Neither Pope John Paul II _nor_ Terri Schiavo knew Lee Harvey Oswald !!! Pope John Paul II didn’t have a secretary named Kennedy … Wow this is getting scary !!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031/27 "2005-04-01T19:33:24Z")
And now they’re both dead. The similarities keep piling up! ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031/28 "2005-04-01T19:34:39Z")
CNN is still listing his as alive. Do you have a cite? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031/29 "2005-04-01T19:41:29Z")
This just in: Schaivo’s parents sent their doctors to Rome. Unlike the reports from the other physicians, these doctors say that Pope is in great health, and was believed to be dancing and jumping around. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031/30 "2005-04-01T19:59:07Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > CNN is still listing his as alive. Do you have a cite? Matt Drudge had a big graphic up that just said, “Pope Dead” with no link. Now he seems to have retracted it. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031/31 "2005-04-01T20:05:22Z")
With the Pope hovering between this world and the next I’d like to ask the question on the lips of millions of Americans: “Terri who? I mean, the name rings a bell but I’m not placing it. Wasn’t she a semi-finalist on _American Idol_ last year? I know! She’s on the Beach Volleyball team!” ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031/32 "2005-04-01T20:15:48Z")
> [@](#): > > You people aren’t conspiracy-minded enough. OK, how’s this? Terri Schiavo was a zombie version of a picture of Dorian Grey. That’s the real reason why her parents wanted her to continue breathing. They knew that she was keeping the Pope alive. In fact, they had cast the spell that . . . I’d probably better stop about there. If anyone writes this up and sells it, though, I get 10%. ---
**Author:** ![Avenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Avenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avenger)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031/33 "2005-04-02T05:06:02Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Matt Drudge had a big graphic up that just said, “Pope Dead” with no link. Now he seems to have retracted it. Pope’s condition upgraded: now listed as ‘not dead’. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031/34 "2005-04-02T10:55:41Z")
Bullocks…a team that can carry a load through a field of manure. Bollocks…Balls (testicles), eg: balls to that crap idea. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031/35 "2005-04-02T22:32:05Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > 67 is old for you? :eek: > > And, coming from the other end of the spectrum entirely, as a faithful Catholic I hope the Pope’s life ends soon too. I lost two grandparents to Parkinson’s and it’s a nasty way to go. 67 Isn’t really “old” for me, Johnny Cochran is just a flagbearer for slimey lawyer that can get you off for the right amount of money, and as such that archetype has lost one of it’s patrons. As for the Pope, I don’t really have a problem with him personally, he seems like a rather cool guy, and I always got a nice warm vibe from him when I saw him on TV. I more want him to die because I’d like to see some new life breathed into the Catholic church. The last few times I’ve been to a Catholic church it was so lacking in power, and hopefully new leadership can inject some vibrance into it, bring it into touch with the modern era, and also, the more cold war leaders that are dead, the more the cold war is dead. Erek [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schaivo-and-the-pope-the-similarity-is-scary/297031.md?page=1)