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Frank, you are a naughty, naughty man!

sarahK, you need to withold hugs for, oh, at least 5 minutes - but only if it's not too much trouble.

Bad Frank - no donut!

;-)

That would be "President" Bush.

I'm not sure where this one falls on the sacrelig meter, but here's a joke I heard when I was a kid:

What kind of meat does the pope eat during lent??

Nun

I don't get it. I'm Lutheran

Mudd,
What do I have to do? Nail it to a church door for you?

:P

okay, so 3 guys walk into a bar. A priest, a pedophile, and a rapist. want to hear about the other two?

Moses is still pretty cool. Does the Pope think so, too?

Aris,
Dude, that was so un-hitler.

I think that JohnK over at SarahK's site might find that unamusing! Ha ha.

What is the deal with hitler and unhitler. It gives me the creeps.

David: Ted Turner and a bunch of other lefties equate Bush to Hitler. So if Bush is cool, then he's, like, hitler you know. And if somethings not cool it's un-hitler.

Just throwing the ridiculous notion back in their face. So there.

Strange, I thought Mary was ahead of Jesus too in the Catholic lineup. :-)

See, Beo get it :)

So... why doesnt the Pope tell Jesus to heal him?

It took me a while to get Aris' joke. Ouch.

Hehe I got it right, though I doubted I would :P

If anything, we should be praying for those effected by the Pope's passing. If the Pope is called to the Lord, he's going to be in the best place ever! It's we who need him, he doesn't need us when he's praising God in Heaven.

i've gotta get out from under your roof so i don't get struck by lightning. :)

This is one of those posts where the comments are as entertaining as the original posts.

"Nail it to a door"

You guys slay me.

Seriously, though, I thought the Pope was already dead and they just propped him up or something.

Frank,

I love your site and sense of humor, and I know you don't really mean anything by it, but the whole hitler/unhitler thing is really creaping me out. Maybe I'm being oversensitive, but too many of my relatives ended up dead about 60 years ago for it to be funny. Please, please stop?

Shaulie

Shaulie, fear no enemy. When I studied Soviet history my professor said, "Adolph Hitler was a boy scout" compared to Stalin. There's lots of boogeymen out there. And we're capable of overcoming every one of them.

Besides, lefties like Ted Turner started it. Now we all have to live with it, so why not have fun with it.

I'll be terribly saddened when we lose Pope John Paul II, but I am heartened by the speculations that Cardinal Francis Arinze is a frontrunner. :)

The more important issue we've all been ignoring hitherto is this: how many wishes do you get for pulling a thorn out of the Pope's pinkytoe?

While raised Catholic, and knowing Frank is a fellow (escaped) joisey Catholic, the joke took me by surprise. (we do have and know the most offensive Pope/Jesus jokes around)
I was expecting something silly like: his Pope chair. Or his bathmat. Something.
I nearly spit my tea on my laptop... then almost choked on it when I read the Martin Luther joke.

SCSIwuzzy,
Originally the answer was going to be "Vice-Pope" but I've been kidding SarahK a lot lately by saying thing like, "Well, Jesus may have said that, but, more importantly, the pope said..."

Shaulie,
I'll put that up for discussion later. I never mean to offend my fans.

Laughing at our demons is the best way of defeating them.

Read "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury. :)

Laugh, and feel the sorrow evaporate!

knowing Frank is a fellow (escaped) joisey Catholic,

NJ? Me too! Well, except for the heretical Catholic stuff ;) Where at in NJ?

Frank,

I'm with Shaulie. It's creeping me out too. I think you're above that level of humor, even if they're not. FWIW.

Love your blog,

Frank! Watch it you or me and my Protestant Posse, the Jackobustyouupman®, shall smite thee and thy Popery! BTW, why didn’t the Pope get a flu shot? Sounds like a joke line to me…
Anyone care to finish that?

Frank...i see much genuflecting in your future... ;-)

And I always thought the 2 most important people in the catholic church were the Pope and the Quarterback at Notre Dame... not necessarily in that order....

Not Santa Claus?

...Are you sure?

Andy,
Given that you are an Eagles and Flyers fan, I am guessing that I cannot have grown up too far from you. I live in SJ now, after living in CA and Pennsylbamma. Work in Philly, and splitting my prayers between the Pope and the Superbowl.
Given the coolness of your website, and your choice in sports loyalty, I will forgive your heresies.
Later, I need to send Frank some of the better Jesus/Pope jokes to torment SarahK with. I've got a few years on him, might know a few he's missed.

That was pretty funny...

The "nail it to a church door" was even funnier...it's always more fun when someone elses religion is being made fun of, lol (I'm Catholic).

And I find the hitler/un-hitler thing creepy too...I mean I get it and I see why it's supposed to be funny...but even so, I no longer read this site in computer class cause I'm worried that someone will see the word hitler being used as a synonym for cool and be offended because they don't know the context. Also, Hitler was a pretty bad guy, and even if Stalin did kill more people than Hitler, Hitler is more of a symbol of evil than Stalin...

I would hate to see IMAO listed somewhere as a "hate site" or something because of the hitler thing...

sorry if I'm being too preachy here, I just wanted to say that. I don't post much but I read IMAO regularly.

Oh and Aris...not funny...

Was that supposed to be a joke? If you look at Catholic doctrine, that's not far from what they teach.

Well, now, we Lutherans are used to clear titles and strong thesis statements. As an example:

From the Roman Catholic Church: "Humanae Vitae"
Thesis: Don't use contraceptives

From Martin Luther: "Against the murderous, thieving hordes of peasants"
Thesis: There are murderous, thieving hordes of peasants, and Martin Luther is against them

See? Much more clear! No Latin required! Next week, "You are saved by faith, not works, but you'd better not let us catch you not doing works just the same".