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Penguins and Dwarves

February 18, 2013 – 9:18 pm

a joke from the roue of Bangkok, Alan Platt The 7 Dwarfs go to the Vatican and, because they are the 7 Dwarfs, they are immediately ushered in to see the Pope. Grumpy leads the pack. ‘Grumpy, my son,’ says the Pope, ‘What can I do for you?’ Grumpy asks, ‘Excuse me your Excellency, but […]

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Papal Bungee Jumping

February 18, 2013 – 9:15 pm

On 17 June 1982 London Police discovered the body of Roberto Calvi hanging by a rope from Blackfriar’s Bridge. The Vatican’s banker had bricks in his suit and $15,000 in his pocket. Investigators declared the the death murder. Five Mafia members were indicted for the crime. None were found guilty. A miracle for the Church, […]

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Driving 101 ala the Vatican

July 18, 2011 – 1:27 pm

I was brought up a Catholic in the 60s. The nuns of Our Lady of the Foothills taught their young charges that the Pope was infallible ie incapable of mistakes. My friends and I used to conjecture that God’s rep on earth didn’t fart, need an eraser, or pick his nose. The parish priests heard […]

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Vatican Tells Cambodia To Go Bareback

February 25, 2011 – 10:32 pm

The American-based Roman Catholic activist pro-life organization Human Life International has declared the failure of an American aid effort in Cambodia aimed at decreasing the Aids infection rate though the distribution of ‘rubbers’. The criticism is harsh at best. “These programs, according to the promoters, would have had to stop AIDS, but instead encouraged its […]

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Seven Deadly Sins go to 14

April 9, 2008 – 5:08 am

Several years ago Nick and I tried to list the 7 Deadly Sins while sitting at the Buffalo Bar. I named gluttony, envy, and wrath. Nick nailed sloth and lust. We struggled for the final two and finally picked pride and greed. I was guilty of sloth and lust, though never at the same time, […]

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