# Vatican Announces New Sins **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 10, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834 "2008-03-10T15:33:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/1 "2008-03-10T15:33:48Z")
[http://green.yahoo.com/news/nm/20080310/hl\_nm/pope\_sins\_dc.html](http://green.yahoo.com/news/nm/20080310/hl_nm/pope_sins_dc.html) This is too good a straight line – What New Sins Can You Suggest? \*\*1.) Hogging the Wii 2.) Picture Phoning People in the Locker Room, etc. 3.) Neglecting they Spouse for World of Warfare 4.) Internet Porn 5.) Texting from Church \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/2 "2008-03-10T15:36:09Z")
Thou shall not send spam. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/3 "2008-03-10T15:55:55Z")
Thou shalt not turn blast the bass at an unreasonable volume while driving in thy ride. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/4 "2008-03-10T15:56:48Z")
How about the sin of fondling altar boys and covering it up for decades? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/5 "2008-03-10T16:19:25Z")
Thou shalt not be a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/6 "2008-03-10T16:25:16Z")
Thou shalt not hog all the shrimp and crab legs at the buffet line for verily there art others behind thee. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/7 "2008-03-10T16:44:56Z")
Thou shall not knock off the Pope’s mitre with a snowball. Thou shall not use any vibrator, dildo, or bong resembling the Pope. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/8 "2008-03-10T16:47:22Z")
Thou shalt fight ignorance, yea, even though it takes more than 35 years. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/9 "2008-03-10T16:50:10Z")
Does it feel good? Then thou shalt not. What if my sin isn’t on the list? Is it an original sin? ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/10 "2008-03-10T16:51:15Z")
Thou shalt not delete thy spouses or roommates DVR recordings nor save over their saved games. Thou shalt not sit down and put the last six pieces into a jigsaw puzzle that thy sister has spent seven hours on when she ran to the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/11 "2008-03-10T16:59:46Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] 3.) Neglecting the Spouse for World of Warfare [/QUOTE] World of War **craft** , not World of War **fare**. That said . . . yeah, that sounds pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/12 "2008-03-10T17:15:56Z")
Thou shalt taketh thy fair turn as guardian when it is time for the dog to relieveth itself, for is it not written “Bloody hell, _I_ took her last night and it was FREEZING!” ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/13 "2008-03-10T17:26:54Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Thou shalt not hog all the shrimp and crab legs at the buffet line for verily there art others behind thee. [/QUOTE] Sorry. Nom nom nom..crab legs…_drool_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/14 "2008-03-10T17:33:28Z")
Thou shalt not begin war under false pretenses. Thou shalt not thereafter wage war incompetently. Thou shalt not bequeath a sea of debt to thy children, thy grandchildren and thy grandchildren’s grandchildren. Thou shalt not rule like unto a God-emperor when thou art not. Thou shalt not torture thy prisoners, lest thy warriors be treated likewise when captured. ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/15 "2008-03-10T17:36:42Z")
The Vatikan announces new sins? Pffft! What are they gonna do about it? Call the Spanish Inquisition? Give the list to the guys running Saudi Arabia instead. At least you get punished over there. They will cut off pieces of you or kill you in some nasty way. Imagine the Saudi Arabian Inquisition bursting in the door saying… ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/16 "2008-03-10T17:39:38Z")
[QUOTE=Kotick] The Vatikan announces new sins? Pffft! What are they gonna do about it? Call the Spanish Inquisition? Give the list to the guys running Saudi Arabia instead. At least you get punished over there. They will cut off pieces of you or kill you in some nasty way. Imagine the Saudi Arabian Inquisition bursting in the door saying… [/QUOTE] “Dirka! Dirka dirka dirka jihad!” ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/17 "2008-03-10T17:47:53Z")
Well, I wasn’t expecting that! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/18 "2008-03-10T17:48:36Z")
[QUOTE=Dangerosa] Thou shalt not sit down and put the last six pieces into a jigsaw puzzle that thy sister has spent seven hours on when she ran to the bathroom. [/QUOTE] That’s hellfire and damnation right there. Thou shalt moveth thy ass instead of stopping in the hallway every two feet to continueth thy conversation. Thou art buttheads. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/19 "2008-03-10T17:50:24Z")
When answering thy Bluetooth phone, thou shalt gesture and shout like a madman, so that the peoples of the world may know to avoid thee. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834/20 "2008-03-10T17:55:19Z")
Thou shalt not cell phone and drive, nor speakith louder than normal conversational levels whilst in public. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-announces-new-sins/440834.md?page=2)