Down on their knees for the Pope

[Scooter]

There's a certain poetic justice:

The Pope has been tricked into blessing two porn actors and a video of the moment is set to be included in a new Bel Ami gay movie.

That's according to famous gay porn producer and Bel Ami founder George Duroy who annouced the news on an online forum.

The new film, Scandal in Vatican, is going to be released in September. It is the story of a couple of young priests, dressed as Catholic clerical students, who enjoy their sex experiences in the little country in the heart of Italy’s capital, Rome.

And viewers will see Pope Benedict XVI blessing the main actors in a Vatican meeting. The Pope didn’t know about their jobs and, according to producer Duroy, the scene will be the film’s most interesting part.

[MajGenl.Meade]

The Pope didn’t know about their jobs and, according to producer Duroy, the scene will be the film’s most interesting part

Way to boost your movie there....

[rubato]

Quite the find for your avid "Pope memorabilia" collector!

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[oldr_n_wsr]

I think Catholics world wide should storm the embassies of every country who dares show this film and kill all of the ambassadors.

[rubato]

I think a copy signed by the pope would be worth a fortune!


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[Lord Jim]

I think Catholics world wide should storm the embassies of every country who dares show this film and kill all of the ambassadors.

Nah older, we're used to abuse...

As I've said before, if I were going to riot every time my Catholic religion was held up to scorn or ridicule, I'd have time for little else....

I'd have to spend all my time in my basement building pipe bombs and suicide vests...


Some people just need to get over themselves, grow up, join the 21st Century, and realize "they ain't all that"...

And if somebody insults your religion, get over it....

It doesn't give you the right to go out and kill somebody...

[oldr_n_wsr]

And if somebody insults your religion, get over it....

Seems some may need a little "help" getting over it.
I say we stand at the embassy walls and throw shoes at them.

[rubato]

" Nah older, we're used to abuse..."


Handing it out more than taking it:


"She's a heretic, let's BURN HER!"




Decades later:

"Oh wait, no she's not. Let's make her a saint so no one will blame us."




Ohhhh shiny! Everything's alright now.

[Lord Jim]

Rube I, feel just awful about Joan...

I really wish I hadn't participated in that....thanks for that incredibly relevant comment....

[dales]

Jim the Roman Catholic Church is responsible for every evil in the world.

[rubato]

Facts are only relevant for those who care, about facts.





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[Sean]

Damn straight Dales!

[dales]

Facts are only relevant for those who care, about facts.

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What facts are those, pray tell?

[rubato]

Facts are only relevant for those who care, about facts.

yrs,
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What facts are those, pray tell?

You have trouble reading?

Look up.

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[rubato]

Another big news story of year concerned the ecumenical council in Rome, known as Vatican II. Among the things they did in an attempt to make the church more commercial was to introduce the vernacular into portions of the mass, to replace Latin, and to widen somewhat the range of music permissible in the liturgy, but I feel that if they really want to sell the product, in this secular age, what they ought to do is to redo some of the liturgical music in popular song forms. I have a modest example here. It's called The Vatican Rag.

First you get down on your knees,
Fiddle with your rosaries,
Bow your head with great respect,
And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!

Do whatever steps you want, if
You have cleared them with the Pontiff.
Everybody say his own
Kyrie eleison,
Doin' the Vatican Rag.

Get in line in that processional,
Step into that small confessional,
There, the guy who's got religion'll
Tell you if your sin's original.
If it is, try playin' it safer,
Drink the wine and chew the wafer,
Two, four, six, eight,
Time to transubstantiate!

So get down upon your knees,
Fiddle with your rosaries,
Bow your head with great respect,
And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!

Make a cross on your abdomen,
When in Rome do like a Roman,
Ave Maria,
Gee it's good to see ya,
Gettin' ecstatic an'
Sorta dramatic an'
Doin' the Vatican Rag!


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[dales]

Facts are only relevant for those who care, about facts.

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What facts are those, pray tell?

You have trouble reading?

Look up.

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Thanks for your curteous response.

(And you wonder why you're held with such disdain by many members here)

[dales]

double post

[MajGenl.Meade]

Facts are only relevant for those who care, about facts.

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Absolutely no interest in punctuation.

Just more smarmy bullshit.

What a surprise!

Up yrs

[Econoline]

BTW...Tom Lehrer is pissed off that rubato neglected to give him credit for his song. You don't want to piss off Tom Lehrer.

[rubato]

BTW...Tom Lehrer is pissed off that rubato neglected to give him credit for his song. You don't want to piss off Tom Lehrer.

Tom Lehrer taught at UCSC just up the street from here in both mathematics and musical theater. I saw his class perform a piece they wrote and staged on a number of occasions. "people are starving in China" was one tune they wrote. Nice fellow. He lived here for decades and I used to see him walking on west cliff drive.

He retired a few years ago.

I thought the song was so well known that attribution was superfluous.

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