# Thank you, your Holiness. Awesome speech. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 16, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631 "2008-04-16T19:18:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/41 "2008-04-17T03:19:27Z")
[QUOTE=atomicbadgerrace] **Two and a Half** , do you just dig through the news every single day, actively looking for something that you could possible work up enough anger about to post in the Pit? It’s second nature now for me to go into your Pit threads, and expect you to be all fired up about… nothing. [/QUOTE] I’ve read the OP twice, and still don’t see any anger. Sarcasm, yes; even derision. But no anger. Perhaps you see what you want to see? ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/42 "2008-04-17T03:29:46Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] I’ve read the OP twice, and still don’t see any anger. Sarcasm, yes; even derision. But no anger. Perhaps you see what you want to see? [/QUOTE] Maybe not anger, but **Two and a Half** has a penchant for opening threads in the Pit that have, at the very least, a very snarky tone. Either he’s angry about something, or he’s throwing it out here, hoping someone will bite. ---
**Author:** ![Bob55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/43 "2008-04-17T03:33:52Z")
Hmm, the last I checked, [awesome](http://www.answers.com/awesome&r=67) is still in the dictionary. Inspiring awe Expressing awe Slang. Remarkable; outstanding Far beyond what is usual, normal, or customary: exceptional, extraordinary, magnificent, outstanding, preeminent, rare, remarkable, singular, towering, uncommon, unusual. amazing I’m not seeing the issue here. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/44 "2008-04-17T04:18:40Z")
[QUOTE=Bob55] Hmm, the last I checked, [awesome](http://www.answers.com/awesome&r=67) is still in the dictionary. [/quote] So are “totally” and “radical.” By the way, does everyone know that “gullible” is not the dictionary. I couldn’t believe it myself, but then I tried looking it up. Its weird. > [@](#): > > I’m not seeing the issue here. The issue is the President speaking like a drunken frat boy. Slang has its place, but it is not for formal events with world leaders. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/45 "2008-04-17T04:23:08Z")
James II on first seeing St Paul’s Cathedral called it “amusing, awful, and artificial”- and those were all good things. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/46 "2008-04-17T04:33:27Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] The issue is the President speaking like a drunken frat boy. Slang has its place, but it is not for formal events with world leaders. [/QUOTE] I didn’t realize that using “awesome” in that context made you sound like a drunken frat boy. Boy, do my co-workers have it coming to them tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/47 "2008-04-17T05:42:34Z")
Personally, I wouldn’t use the word “awesome” with my boss or any of the partners, etc. In light of that, I also wouldn’t use awesome with world leaders or other prestigious figures. “Awesome hat, Pope-dude! Now that your speech is over, let’s crack open some brewskies!” ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/48 "2008-04-17T07:38:35Z")
[QUOTE=elelle] A very well thought one, specifically to the just causes the USA represents. I can’t figure out why Bush’s speechwriters fell down on this one. [/QUOTE] They didn’t. Bush spoke first. The Pope’s speech reads a lot better than it sounded. ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/49 "2008-04-17T08:44:08Z")
[QUOTE=atomicbadgerrace] **Two and a Half** , do you just dig through the news every single day, actively looking for something that you could possible work up enough anger about to post in the Pit? It’s second nature now for me to go into your Pit threads, and expect you to be all fired up about… nothing. I loathe GWB as much as the next person, but c’mon, this? Here? In the Pit? Can’t work up the anger. [/QUOTE] I think its some kind of internet comedy act. Seriously. Its like reading the funnies in the morning paper. “Oh, 2 1/2, what are you up to this morning?” and all that. Then you read the thread and think “He can’t possibly be that upset about this! Its not worth the effort!”, but we all read it and post about it, good or bad. Its funny in that sad kind of way that a crazy man on the corner is funny. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/50 "2008-04-17T08:49:44Z")
He could have said ‘awe-inspiring’ to avoid the frat-boy connotations I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/51 "2008-04-17T09:00:21Z")
God that man is embarrassing. Born to a different father, he’d be managing a shoe store in Fort Worth. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/52 "2008-04-17T10:09:10Z")
[QUOTE=VarlosZ] God that man is embarrassing. Born to a different father, he’d be managing a shoe store in Fort Worth. [/QUOTE] I beg to differ; I believe he’d be the top salesman at a third rate used car lot. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/53 "2008-04-17T11:09:53Z")
[QUOTE=atomicbadgerrace] Maybe not anger, but **Two and a Half** has a penchant for opening threads in the Pit that have, at the very least, a very snarky tone. [/QUOTE] Threads that cannot muster _at least_ a snarky tone do not belong in the Pit at all. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/54 "2008-04-17T12:44:33Z")
At any rate, John Stewart managed to get a bit out of it last night. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_from\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Man\_from\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_from_Mars)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/55 "2008-04-17T18:17:07Z")
I’m actually surprised that Bush’s soul didn’t catch fire when he told the Pope that he agrees with him and only wishes more Americans believed that “all life is sacred.” This from a guy who starts wars as a first resort and who is a-okay with the death penalty, including the execution of that guy that he avenged for trying to kill his father. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/56 "2008-04-17T19:04:26Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] So are “totally” and “radical.” By the way, does everyone know that “gullible” is not the dictionary. I couldn’t believe it myself, but then I tried looking it up. Its weird. The issue is the President speaking like a drunken frat boy. Slang has its place, but it is not for formal events with world leaders. [/QUOTE] Well I would agree. However, If I could talk to the president, I’d call him a big old pussy. How’s that for some slang? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/57 "2008-04-17T19:45:21Z")
Fifty-six posts and nobody (not even Bush) has commented on the most important aspect of Popie’s visit - The Pope Wears Prada. Prada red loafers, to be exact. Funky-fresh, I’d say. ---
**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 18, 2008, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/58 "2008-04-18T11:02:07Z")
[QUOTE=Tony] I’m actually surprised that Bush’s soul didn’t catch fire when he told the Pope that he agrees with him and only wishes more Americans believed that “all life is sacred.” This from a guy who starts wars as a first resort and who is a-okay with the death penalty, including the execution of that guy that he avenged for trying to kill his father. [/QUOTE] Though I loathe George, it’s not like the Catholic church is unfamilar with the death penalty, they have had centuries of practice. ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/59 "2008-04-18T12:44:08Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] At any rate, John Stewart managed to get a bit out of it last night. [/QUOTE] [http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=166360](http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=166360) Jon Stewart on the Pope’s visit. What if the Pope played at the Masters! Far better than the no-hoper that started this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631/60 "2008-04-18T15:41:31Z")
Oh, no! The President talked to the Pope as if they were both normal dudes, instead of as if he had a stick up his ass. The sky is falling! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-your-holiness-awesome-speech/445631.md?page=4)