The 'Funny (ha, ha)' side of religion

Hotblack Desiato · 08-02-2015 11:16am

Pope To Show Catholics How To Smack Their Children Properly

Worztron · 08-02-2015 10:20pm

mass_debater · 08-02-2015 10:41pm

http://www.theonion.com/articles/pope-nervous-for-annual-performance-review-with-go,37935

recedite · 08-02-2015 11:42pm

I never understood what that microsoft "save" icon was supposed to be until just now. I have been inspired to google that other strange one, for "paste" and it appears to be a clipboard. My knowledge is complete. I feel I have reached some kind of Nirvana. Yippee...

Worztron · 09-02-2015 12:53am

recedite wrote: »

I never understood what that microsoft "save" icon was supposed to be until just now. I have been inspired to google that other strange one, for "paste" and it appears to be a clipboard. My knowledge is complete. I feel I have reached some kind of Nirvana. Yippee...

That save icon does not belong to micro$oft.

RikuoAmero · 09-02-2015 4:35am

recedite wrote: »

I never understood what that microsoft "save" icon was supposed to be until just now. I have been inspired to google that other strange one, for "paste" and it appears to be a clipboard. My knowledge is complete. I feel I have reached some kind of Nirvana. Yippee...

Thanks a lot! You just made me feel old, since I remember using floppy disks back in the day...:(

obplayer · 09-02-2015 4:44am

RikuoAmero wrote: »

Thanks a lot! You just made me feel old, since I remember using floppy disks back in the day...:(

I remember using the original floppies, 5 inch, which only got stiff when they were spun in the drive.

RikuoAmero · 09-02-2015 4:52am

obplayer wrote: »

I remember using the original floppies, 5 inch, which only got stiff when they were spun in the drive.

Me and my dirty mind...:P

obplayer · 09-02-2015 4:55am

RikuoAmero wrote: »

Me and my dirty mind...:P

Yeah, I always thought the replacements should have been called stiffies.:)

emmet02 · 09-02-2015 9:33am

credit

Orion · 09-02-2015 2:40pm

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2015/02/09/parents-totally-not-just-baptising-child-to-get-it-into-a-good-school/

Worztron · 09-02-2015 6:40pm

oscarBravo · 09-02-2015 9:03pm

obplayer wrote: »

I remember using the original floppies, 5 inch, which only got stiff when they were spun in the drive.

Pfft. 8" floppies ftw.

shruikan2553 · 10-02-2015 2:27am

You old people, zip disks is where its at.

TheChizler · 10-02-2015 2:30am

shruikan2553 wrote: »

You old people, zip disks is where its at.

Naw brah, minidisk is tha shiz.

Absolam · 10-02-2015 4:49am

Pfft. Whippersnappers

robindch · 10-02-2015 11:48am

Absolam wrote: »

Whippersnappers

Showing my age, but we used to use those punch cards back in the early 1970's as drawing paper in senior infants

Shrap · 10-02-2015 12:02pm

robindch wrote: »

Showing my age, but we used to use those punch cards back in the early 1970's as drawing paper in senior infants

You think that's bad? It reminded me of a knitting machine pattern!

*Toddles off to iron my wrinkles*

Absolam · 10-02-2015 12:24pm

robindch wrote: »

Showing my age, but we used to use those punch cards back in the early 1970's as drawing paper in senior infants

We were still using them in the mid 80s to run the VECs 'mainframes'....

swampgas · 10-02-2015 12:41pm

Shrap wrote: »

You think that's bad? It reminded me of a knitting machine pattern!

The connection is stronger than you might think - the Jacquard Loom was one of the first systems of "punch cards": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom

Edit:
More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card

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robindch · 10-02-2015 12:42pm

The Vatican appoints one of its world-famous representatives to an organization called "The Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelisation":

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/vatican-finds-new-position-for-bishop-of-bling-1.2097430

Irish Times wrote:

Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, the so-called “Bishop of Bling” who was removed from the diocese of Limburg in Germany because of his lavish spending on the bishop’s palace, is to be appointed to a new position in the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelisation, according to Rome-based website Vatican Insider.

Bishop Tebartz-van Elst (55) made world headlines two years ago when details of a €30 million renovation project for the bishop’s palace were revealed by a German church-commissioned report. Among the items of lavish expenditure it revealed were works of art, chapel windows, built-in cupboards and also a two-seater bathtub costing approximately €20,000.

The bishop had excused himself by saying he was much more a theologian than an architect, adding that he had been keen to see that the restoration of the period palace be done properly. At the time of his “resignation” from the diocese in March of last year, a Vatican statement had said that, in time, another job would be found for him.

Given that it would have proven difficult to appoint the bishop to another German diocese, it seems that a low-key role has been found for him at New Evangelisation, headed by Archbishop Rino Fisichella. In theory, his new job title will be “delegate for catechism teaching”, or the study of the relevance of church teaching to the New Evangelisation. It remains to be seen what, if anything, Pope Francis will make of the arrival in Rome of this most non-Francis style prelate.

With excellent photo goodness.

Shrap · 10-02-2015 12:50pm

robindch wrote: »

With excellent photo goodness.

Ha! That's a fantastic photo. Well done that photographer - he truly played the hand of god in that :cool:

Shrap · 10-02-2015 12:54pm

swampgas wrote: »

The connection is stronger than you might think - the Jacquard Loom was one of the first systems of "punch cards": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom

Edit:
More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card

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Knitting machines were highly technical torture devices designed to send you grey early. However, who wouldn't want a jumper with this on it? Makes it all worthwhile....
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Worztron · 10-02-2015 6:48pm

Worztron · 10-02-2015 7:10pm

Lucifer MorningStar wrote: »

What a loon :pac:

An accidental comedian there. It's hard to believe that people can be so ignorant.

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This quote comes to mind:

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell

RikuoAmero · 10-02-2015 7:41pm

also a two-seater bathtub costing approximately €20,000.

Did his bean-counter not raise any eyebrows at this expense for a supposedly celibate priest?

Hotblack Desiato · 10-02-2015 8:29pm

Worztron wrote: »

An accidental comedian there. It's hard to believe that people can be so ignorant.

When he was a kid, he watched The Flintstones and thought it was a documentary.

robindch · 11-02-2015 5:41pm

From YLYL.

Worztron · 11-02-2015 6:27pm

RikuoAmero · 11-02-2015 11:57pm

Worztron wrote: »

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Damn...you got balls. :eek:

The 'Funny (ha, ha)' side of religion

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