# The Pope is, or has, NUTS! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 23, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302 "2015-09-23T15:35:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/1 "2015-09-23T15:35:36Z")
Holy Shit! The Pope is driving around Washington D.C. in an _OPEN MOTORCADE!_ :eek: This really doesn’t seem like the best idea to me. Pretty ballsy move, Pope. Hasn’t anyone shown him the Zapruder film? I don’t want to see The Pope shot on live TV! What the hell would we say to the rest of the world if he gets offed on our watch? And what is worse? He’s riding in a fucking _Jeep!_ You _know_ that piece of shit is gonna break down! Let’s hope The Pope has good walking shoes and a bullet-proof pope hat. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/2 "2015-09-23T16:31:08Z")
It should not be surprising. I believe that is SOP for Francis. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/3 "2015-09-23T16:33:08Z")
Pope Francis totally fucking rocks! ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/4 "2015-09-23T16:34:46Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > And what is worse? He’s riding in a fucking _Jeep!_ You _know_ that piece of shit is gonna break down! Jeep, part of the Fiat controlled family, along with Chrysler. Thus the Italian connection. Also why the Pope is often seen in [this](http://global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Leisure/2009/pope-500-876.jpg), a Fiat 500 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/5 "2015-09-23T16:38:37Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Also why the Pope is often seen in [this](http://global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Leisure/2009/pope-500-876.jpg), a Fiat 500 That’s what he turned up to the White House in today. A little black Fiat 500 with the diplomat flags and tags. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/6 "2015-09-23T17:13:26Z")
Not everyone goes through life with an unreasoning fear of everything. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/7 "2015-09-23T17:29:03Z")
I dunno, man. He’s rough enough on some GOP talking points that I’d wanna bulletproof dome over that thing if I was him. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/8 "2015-09-23T17:35:53Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Not everyone goes through life with an unreasoning fear of everything. I hardly think it would be unreasoning for the Pope to worry about assassination attempts. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/9 "2015-09-23T17:59:58Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > I hardly think it would be unreasoning for the Pope to worry about assassination attempts. I suspect that the Pope - at least, this particular Pope - has less fear of death than most people. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/10 "2015-09-23T18:04:00Z")
Worst case scenario for the Pope, he dies and goes to heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/11 "2015-09-23T18:58:23Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Worst case scenario for the Pope, he dies and goes to heaven. He might be in for a big shock. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/12 "2015-09-23T19:14:24Z")
Why are people assuming this is something new and unique to Francis? John Paul II rode in open air vehicles often- that was how he got shot by Mehmet Ali Agca. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/13 "2015-09-23T19:22:52Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Not everyone goes through life with an unreasoning fear of everything. Don’t buzz my harsh. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/14 "2015-09-23T20:40:44Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Why are people assuming this is something new and unique to Francis? > > John Paul II rode in open air vehicles often- that was how he got shot by Mehmet Ali Agca. And that’s why Popes mostly stopped doing it for the past 34 years. Could you provide a cite that Francis is _not_ departing from recent practice (with recent meaning the past several decades)? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/15 "2015-09-23T20:42:37Z")
So many helicopters here, I thought I was in a war zone. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/16 "2015-09-23T20:55:43Z")
It’s always seemed a little hypocritical to me that the Pope- basically, God’s right-hand-man here on Earth- hides behind a bulletproof shield when he goes out in public. Kinda like how it’s weird that churches have lightning rods on their roofs… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/17 "2015-09-23T21:22:59Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > It’s always seemed a little hypocritical to me that the Pope- basically, God’s right-hand-man here on Earth- hides behind a bulletproof shield when he goes out in public. Kinda like how it’s weird that churches have lightning rods on their roofs… Odd how? A church is a building made of wood and other flammable items. Only an idiot would refuse to take basic precautions to protect the building. Almost twenty years ago, the Church I attended caught fire and burned to the ground (some painters had left a big box of oily rags inside, and they spontaneously combusted). A local TV reporter caught our Church business manager on camera and asked him if there were any great moral lessons we could take from this. He looked puzzled for a second, then helpfully offered, “Wood burns?” ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/18 "2015-09-23T21:55:19Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Odd how? A church is a building made of wood and other flammable items. Only an idiot would refuse to take basic precautions to protect the building. God controls lightning, right? It’s kind of one of the things he’s known for. If God wants his house to burn down, no amount of lightning rods will help. Conversely, putting lightning rods on a church is basically saying, “Well, sure, God might \*try \*to burn this building down, but we think we can put something up there that’ll slow him down.” Of course, one could be pedantic about it by saying that lightning rods are required by law, or that “God helps those who help themselves”… to which I say, “You’re just trying to suck the fun out of the joke.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/19 "2015-09-24T01:47:49Z")
God lets churches burn down on a pretty regular basis, I figure it’s His way of saying don’t get too attached to _stuff_. I’m Episcopalian, and both of the Episcopal congregations in our city have been destroyed by fire, and both were arson. They have been rebuilt though. One of the congregations, until it was rebuilt, met on Sundays in the local synagogue. Hey, it wasn’t being used on Sunday, and the space was freely offtered! The Jewish congregation only asked that when the Episcopal one had breakfast before church, that they didn’t serve pork sausage. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-is-or-has-nuts/732302/20 "2015-09-24T02:28:59Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Worst case scenario for the Pope, he dies and goes to heaven. Paging Jack Chick . . .