He's just been given his last rights, so a 24 hour poll here - how long do you think he has left?

tbh I'm surprised he has lasted this long! Not sure how long but as he's been pretty tough so far maybe he'll make it to Sunday.

i thought about a poll but decided it migt be considered bad taste.

i voted "after that". I have faith.

He's been knocking on heavens door for at least 20 years. Looks like it might be very soon though.

Well I thought it might be a bit sick, but I haven't put anything else in to make it seem comical or light hearted, its just a simple question, based on the breaking news tonight.

I think Saturday.

It is rather saddening to see someone with his past vitality experiencing such a slow, painful descent into infirmity.

I predict a May 1st death for the pontiff. :)

Or this Friday night at exactly 20:31 hours.

cheers to you Englishman :cheers1:
I had been contemplating the exact same and came to the exact same conclusion.

The Pope will singlehandedly tear down Corby council estates. There goes the Corby highrise database :D
Burn Corby, burn!

Like the Queen Mother, I think he died a long time before his official death will be announced. He's surviving on chemicals and physicians.

Let the poor cunt die you horrible "christian" twats.

nice one
you sure don't hold any grudges against poor Carl?

What in the hell is a last right?

The Pope will singlehandedly tear down Corby council estates. There goes the Corby highrise database :D
Burn Corby, burn!

If he does that, i'll become a religious man, as it would make my year :yes:

If he does that, i'll become a religious man, as it would make my year :yes:
You sound like a Welshman during the build-up to a Six Nations match :D

What in the hell is a last rite?
The last blessing, a tradition. Along those lines, I admire, not worship, Bacchus and not any real God :D

He's dead already. They're just dragging the whole thing out.

This got me thinking, when is the Queen going to croak? Will she last as long as her mum? If so, you guys may be able to skip Charles for the succession after all.

The queen will live until Charlie bites the dust, she hates him. As soon as he's dead, she'll happily die.

Fuck it. I'm gonna do the rest of that wine in the fridge. And raid the duty free ciggies. Can't bloody sleep.

I was given last rites when I was 3 years old.

I was given last rites when I was 3 years old.
WTF?

Anyway, I predict Sunday of all days though he may be kept alive longer.

What in the hell is a last right?


One of the seven sacraments that Catholics are supposed to have - baptism, holy communion, confirmation, marriage, something else, something else, and last rites.

Basically a blessing before you die.

Obv not everyone can have a last rite (if you get run over by a car), but where poss, Catholics usually will have one performed by a priest.

Basicly it's a priest dictating to a council secretary. Like the priest overhears the dying citoyen and he or she gives away all the bank numbers. It's only a tax testament.

April 10th.

I wonder if they'll say he's dead as an April Fools joke...

^That's what I was thinking.

thatd be as funny as them saying michael jackson is innocent. lol.
as for the pope, i hope he dies in agony, just like the millions of africans who have died because of his shite on safe sex.

http://www.alittlemoretotheright.com/captions/pope.jpg

^A lifetime of faithfulness ending in sin? Nah! :lol:

Soon the time will come
















http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/filipvlasak/misc7.jpg

thatd be as funny as them saying michael jackson is innocent. lol.
as for the pope, i hope he dies in agony, just like the millions of africans who have died because of his shite on safe sex.

what about the millions helped by the Church's charity?

I agree the contraception policies are inane, but that is a little harsh. However, I blame promiscuous sex and a chauvinistic culture that tolerates the objectification of women as the main reason for the AIDS epidemic in Africa, not someone who for most Africans is just some guy in a funny hat in the middle of Italy. Some men in Africa find it perfectly acceptable to have unprotected sex with 14 year old girls in exchange for the payment of school fees. Not to mention the belief that unprotected sex with a virgin can cure AIDS.

Also, unless I am mistaken, most Africans are not even Catholic, so how would the Pope be responsible for their death? And in poorer parts of the world, such as Latin America, that are overwhelmingly Catholic, there is no such severe epidemic.

I reckon slave1 is the darkest forumer on planet earth. Last rites at age 3 and still alive!!

I would feel sorry for the pope if he were a 'normal' person but even though he is absolutely shot to bits, he stands as proud and firm as he always was which makes him one amazing human being.

Shit man, Goth is up. Why aren't you in bed???

http://www.bluemoongear.com/FunnyPicsComics/pope.jpg

^ its so wrong to laugh, but I can't help it!! :rofl:

One of the seven sacraments that Catholics are supposed to have - baptism, holy communion, confirmation, marriage, something else, something else, and last rites.

the other two:
reconciliation/penance/confession
holy orders

http://www.bluemoongear.com/FunnyPicsComics/pope.jpg

you funny cunt :hahaha:

I reckon slave1 is the darkest forumer on planet earth. Last rites at age 3 and still alive!!
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Dark... only I could take that as a compliment...

WTF?

I had meningitis and was hours from death. I've actually had them twice.

http://www.bluemoongear.com/FunnyPicsComics/pope.jpg
:rofl:

you funny cunt :hahaha:

Why thank you sir!!!!

I reckon slave1 is the darkest forumer on planet earth. Last rites at age 3 and still alive!!

I would feel sorry for the pope if he were a 'normal' person but even though he is absolutely shot to bits, he stands as proud and firm as he always was which makes him one amazing human being.

I've read about decorated combat veterans who've been given the last rites like, three or four times, hopeless cases - and they get stitched back together in field hospitals and sent back out again. Tough as bricks and full of shrapnel.

I had meningitis and was hours from death. I've actually had them twice.
Oh crap. Where you that close to dying? :eek:

What the hell are you guys doing up? It is 10pm in boston, which means it must be at least 3am in the UK!

I've read about decorated combat veterans who've been given the last rites like, three or four times, hopeless cases - and they get stitched back together in field hospitals and sent back out again. Tough as bricks and full of shrapnel.

Point taken. But you don't need to kneecap him to convince me!!

What the hell are you guys doing up? It is 10pm in boston, which means it must be at least 3am in the UK!

Me, personally, drunk and bored. Pubs shut hourrs ago. Drinking at home, working nights last week and the old body clock still hasn't adjusted so put up with it dude!!

so put up with it dude!!

boy, aren't you a belligerent drunk :poke:

:)

Originally posted by DonQui
What the hell are you guys doing up? It is 10pm in boston, which means it must be at least 3am in the UK!

^ 4 their clocks changed last week...although ours don't change until the end of this one.

*pulls thread back on topic*

The pope article found here (http://www.pugbus.net/News/03282005_02_micropope.htm) , is more important than ever in light of recent events.

boy, aren't you a belligerent drunk :poke:

:)

Yeah all right, I wasn't trying to be belliheuygent! Just bored as fuck!! I'd fall asleep if I could.

Didn't mean to offend man :wink2:

What the hell are you guys doing up? It is 10pm in boston, which means it must be at least 3am in the UK!
4:20am. :crazy:

I'm not always up this late.

gothic posts evenly throughout the 24hr day!

gothic posts evenly throughout the 24hr day!

Gothicform is a Series 7000 Artificial Intelligence Unit (S7K-AIU), he needs no sleep.

Anyone remember when the 6900s came out??? They never posted after about 1am

I thought they came out last year? I have one writing an essay for me, and I am getting nervous because it is only a couple of hours till 1 am.

my secret has been revealed. i am a robot created by jan to run ssc in his absence. *bleep*

Tell us how long the pope has to live then

what about the millions helped by the Church's charity?

I agree the contraception policies are inane, but that is a little harsh. However, I blame promiscuous sex and a chauvinistic culture that tolerates the objectification of women as the main reason for the AIDS epidemic in Africa, not someone who for most Africans is just some guy in a funny hat in the middle of Italy. Some men in Africa find it perfectly acceptable to have unprotected sex with 14 year old girls in exchange for the payment of school fees. Not to mention the belief that unprotected sex with a virgin can cure AIDS.

Also, unless I am mistaken, most Africans are not even Catholic, so how would the Pope be responsible for their death? And in poorer parts of the world, such as Latin America, that are overwhelmingly Catholic, there is no such severe epidemic.

The issue is with the catholic church's stance on contraceptives and their followers denying aid to africa if it is spent on condoms and their prudishness with regards sex education. Whilst he could have tried to drag the catholics into a more sensible approach to sex - as long as you are educated about how to deal with it correctly and safely.. the health benefits of sex are widely known, it's the same with everything you just have to be responsible in your actions. The stance the catholic church have goes against nature itself which would actually go against the will of their god effectively when you think about it (if we weren't meant to have sex why is it how we generate future generations, why is it pleasurable and why does it give health benefits as well as being a basic urge?).
Oh, and don't forget, it's not just the objectification of women but of men too :/

Regardless, I can't help but respect the guy with how much he has gone thru and still is as dedicated as ever to his beliefs and what he regards as his duties. Even tho I don't follow his faith or believe much in what he places his faith in I will still feel saddened when he finally shuffles off this mortal coil :(

What happens if you're given your last rites and survive, like slaveybaby? Does a priest have to recant them, or do they count towards your eventual death? Is there an expiry date, i.e. if you die within a week of last rites you're OK, but a year later you have to have them over again? What happens if you don't get your last rites? What happens if the priest forgets his lines and you don't get them properly?

Not that I'm having a pop at Catholic mysticism or anything :D

From one anti Communist to another, I wish him a peaceful and painless end.

By the way, Medo, that picture of the pope really made me laugh.

cheers to you Englishman :cheers1:
I had been contemplating the exact same and came to the exact same conclusion.

The Pope will singlehandedly tear down Corby council estates. There goes the Corby highrise database :D
Burn Corby, burn!
lol, you know what they say - "great minds think alike"

or was that "fools never differ"

the latter without a single doubt!

*pulls thread back on topic*

The pope article found here (http://www.pugbus.net/News/03282005_02_micropope.htm) , is more important than ever in light of recent events.


Nice. and probably true.

I've gone with sometime Saturday by the way. Though i'm starting to think maybe he'll go before midnight.

I am deeply against this present pope for pushing the RC church so far to the right. There are loads of issues where the church's more liberal wing have been eclipsed. However much as I dislike the teachings of this pope, I have to say that voting in a poll to decide when a man will die goes too far for me. A little more respect to a sick man wouldn't go amiss.

nah, like terri schiavo i think the mind is long gone, This is all a matter of when the body ceases to be i think.

Sunday. A nice big distraction for when I go back to school.

You'll get the day off if you go to a catlick school Accy.

Nope. I goto a county secondary school. But I am catholic tho so I could use that as an excuse! But my first GCSE exam is in 3 weeks :(

I think he'll be gone by tonight or tommorow.

Who really cares though, how is he speical? How is he different to anyone else on this planet?

not long I'm afraid, perhaps only few days at most.
I know he is very old and has Parkinson's - It is very hard toiling with TV presenter carrying him all over and being so old - lol (cynical joke - no offence meant), but seriously he is 84 years old, had advance stage of Parkinson's and can't walk, I am amazed he survived so long - I think he wanted to push toward Easter wanted to be part of this celebrations, which is great and I admire him for it, but don't ce him beyond this weekend.

I think Pope is ready and knows he will die soon. I feel very sorry, not very religious here, my mom is she is Catholic and all my mother side family will pray for him now, but I do feel it is time - he is only suffering longer the agony continues.

Maybe hes playing an April fools joke.

Someone should probably tell him april fools is only between Midnight and midday then :(

i reackon sometime saturday

Can someone please confirm. CNN is reporting that reuters has said that the Italian state media has stated that JPII has just died.

According to latest reports on Channel 5 - "his electrocardiogram is now flat."

Well it's sad, but I'm pleased for him, to be out of all that pain.

May god rest his soul.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=197411

Yawn, people shouldn't be praying for an old man, they should be praying for all the people who are miserable in this world (like the children in Africa who lost their parents to HIV).

Yawn, people shouldn't be praying for an old man, they should be praying for all the people who are miserable in this world (like the children in Africa who lost their parents to HIV).

I agree.

I predict a May 1st death for the pontiff. :)

Or this Friday night at exactly 20:31 hours.

You were quite close (at least according to CET). :applause:

I heard somewhere that the Catholic church has spent publicly donated money on 'educating' catholics in africa, telling them that c0ndoms don't prevent the spread of AIDS.

I really hope that isn't true. :ohno:

Yawn, people shouldn't be praying for an old man, they should be praying for all the people who are miserable in this world (like the children in Africa who lost their parents to HIV).

You can be a miserable sod at times Kampflamm, by the way in the show yourself thread, I didn't see any pictures of the great Kampflamm - will you not be enlightening us with any of your photo's?

My pics are too saucy for this place.

And I'm being honest about the Pope. He's a backwards person who, as caw wrote, propagated the myth that condoms don't stop you from getting AIDS. I won't shed any tears for him although I did feel kinda bad about his public death. He deserved some rest.

My pics are too saucy for this place.

And I'm being honest about the Pope. He's a backwards person who, as caw wrote, propagated the myth that condoms don't stop you from getting AIDS. I won't shed any tears for him although I did feel kinda bad about his public death. He deserved some rest.

I agree the Catholic church has alot to answer for as regards Aids in Africa, sex crimes with children and even some of it's Priests supporting the IRA, however as a Protestant I have alot of respect for the man, he did alot to bring down the Communists in Poland and for that alone, I admire him.

What happens if you're given your last rites and survive, like slaveybaby? Does a priest have to recant them, or do they count towards your eventual death? Is there an expiry date, i.e. if you die within a week of last rites you're OK, but a year later you have to have them over again? What happens if you don't get your last rites? What happens if the priest forgets his lines and you don't get them properly?

Not that I'm having a pop at Catholic mysticism or anything :D

Well the way my mum puts it, the fact that I survived means I have an angel over my shoulder...not literally of course. I am somewhat of a lapsed catholic now... I still appreciate the traditions and the smell of incense, but i don't listen to a man in a collar anymore than i would anyone else...

I do wonder though, am I covered for any eventual fatal accident, or because I've sinned since then am i fucked...?

I think I might ask a priest actually! Will get back to you :D

Yawn, people shouldn't be praying for an old man, they should be praying for all the people who are miserable in this world (like the children in Africa who lost their parents to HIV).
:applause:

Half an hour and the friday people are all wrong :tongue:

I said Sunday. But it looks like it'll be Saturday.

Love him or loathe him, you've got to admire the mans courage.

Or that of any other old man dying.

Sunday eoulld be an appropriate day for a pope to die. The day of rest.

Not for his sake as I wish the man peace, but just to piss the media off who are salivating and can't wait to do their breaking News "The Pope is dead" story, I hope he lives for another week.

We will see how long they can try and keep the 24 hour coverage of saying the Pope "is dieing but still with us" stories.

o dear, why blame the media? They're not asking for hourly reports, the Vatican hands those reports. It's the vatican who need the attention. It's not the other way around. Nothing on BBC1 and 2. Fabulous. Rule BBC, BBC rules the waves. Who voted for Strictly Dancing? :crazy:

I watched "World's Biggest Celebrity Mingers", did I miss anything?

Nothing on BBC1 and 2. Fabulous. Rule BBC, BBC rules the waves.

The whole BBC 10 o clock news so far has been about his death.

Still no "Match of the Day" on BBC1. :bash:

Well done Saturday people (inc MEEEEE) you were all right :yes:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4399715.stm

I don't think he's really dead. It's a catholic conspiracy meant to keep us in place. He's livin it up in a dutch brothel.

Okaaaaaaaay ^^