A funny thing happened....again.

Did you know, there was allegedly a female pope? Pope Joan.

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Pope Joan was a legendary female Pope who allegedly reigned for a few years some time during the Middle Ages. The story first appeared in 13th-century chronicles, [1] and was subsequently spread and embellished throughout Europe. It was widely believed for centuries, though modern religious scholars consider it fictitious, perhaps deriving from historicized folklore regarding Roman monuments or from anti-papal satire.
The first mention of the female pope appears in the chronicle of Jean de Mailly, but the most popular and influential version was that interpolated into Martin of Troppau's Chronicon Pontificum et Imperatorum, later in the 13th century. Most versions of her story describe her as a talented and learned woman who disguises herself as a man, often at the behest of a lover. In the most common accounts, due to her abilities, she rises through the church hierarchy, eventually being elected pope. However, while riding on horseback she gives birth, thus exposing her gender. In most versions, she dies shortly after, either being killed by an angry mob or from natural causes. Her memory is then shunned by her successors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Joan

Loki wrote:

Did you know, there was allegedly a female pope? Pope Joan.

I remember watching a film based on the story (the film made in 1972...not the 2009 version).
It caused uproar with the Vatican. How DARE anyone suggest that a woman could have been Pope?
Ever notice how most religions ban women from holding office?
BUT.... this is the joke thread so I shall end on a lighter note

Two nuns, Sister Catherine and Sister Helen, are travelling through Europe in their car. They get to Transylvania and are stopped at a traffic light.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a tiny little Dracula jumps onto the hood of the car and hisses through the windshield.
"Quick, quick!" shouts Sister Catherine. "What shall we do?"
"Turn the windshields wipers on. That will get rid of the abomination," says Sister Helen. Sister Catherine switches them on, knocking Dracula about, but he clings on and continues hissing at the nuns.
"What shall I do now?" she shouts.
"Switch on the windshield washer. I filled it up with Holy Water at the Vatican," says Sister Helen. Sister Catherine turns on the windshield washer. Dracula screams as the water burns his skin, but he clings on and continues hissing at the nuns.
"Now what?" shouts Sister Catherine.
"Show him your cross!!!," says Sister Helen.
"Now you're talking," says Sister Catherine.
She opens the window and shouts, "Get the fuck off the Car!"

Some night-time giggles ............
<p>Bill and Hillary are fast asleep in the First Bedroom, when Hillary wakes and starts shaking Bill. <p>Bill groggily opens his eyes and says, "Honey, it's 3am. What do you want?"<p>"I have to go use the bathroom," Hillary replies.Bill blinks. "Please tell me you didn't wake me up just to tell me you have to go to the bathroom."
"No," Hillary says, "I just wanted to tell you to save my spot."

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A husband and wife sleep in separate twin beds. One night he asks his wife to come over to his bed to fool around.

As the wife gets up to walk over to his bed, she trips over the carpet and falls flat on her face. The husband looks up concerned and says, "Oh did my little wifey fall on her little nosey wosey?"

She laughs and gets in his bed. When they are done, she gets up to go back to her bed and falls over the rug again. Her husband looks over his shoulder to see her on the floor, rolls over and says, "Clumsy bitch."
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And finally........................ do you get it?

I don't get it...
Nan bread...Bat Man...Nope..don't get it..?

Nan....nan.....nan......nan.....nan.....nan.....nan.....nan.....BATMAN!!!!!!!
Fecks sake......mutter......mutter.......
What about THIS.......will this make you smile?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AqpFcgTqQ&feature=share

Mothers will understand........and remember

Never mind 'they' a certain Divodog used to try stick his snozz under the door too

Loki wrote:

Never mind 'they' a certain Divodog used to try stick his snozz under the door too

Never a minutes piece and no rest for the wicked, eh Loki ....... not even for a five minute sit-down

For example...."Sure yews are all mad feckin' eejits!!!!"

Irish Rebel wrote:

For example...."Sure yews are all mad feckin' eejits!!!!"

The best reason to do anything is always for the 'craic' ....just to see what happens...
and the Telephone thing... it's so true...

Irish Rebel wrote:

Tough decision....

irish colleen wrote:

Tough decision....

Depends on the child

I just wondering what the donkey thought of it all

Loki wrote:

I just wondering what the donkey thought of it all

He was thinking "EE...aaw....ee...aaw...'E awwlways does that."

Irish Rebel wrote:

Loki wrote:

I just wondering what the donkey thought of it all

He was thinking "EE...aaw....ee...aaw...'E awwlways does that."

very nice use of an old joke Reb...

irish colleen wrote:

Irish Rebel wrote:

Loki wrote:

I just wondering what the donkey thought of it all

He was thinking "EE...aaw....ee...aaw...'E awwlways does that."

very nice use of an old joke Reb...

I thought so too, my friend Oldie but goodie

Sometimes it just doesn't pay to be a smart ass....
We need more of these judges...

irish colleen wrote:

We need more of these judges...

Judge Judy ALL THE WAY!!!!!

Meanwhile......I wanna get me one of THESE!!!!!!!

Stiofain Gael MacGeough popped in and shared a great story with us ...

As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the serv...ice was to be at a pauper’s cemetery in the back country. As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn’t stop for directions.

I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.

I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late. I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn’t know what else to do, so I started to play.

The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I’ve never played before for this homeless man.

And as I played ‘Amazing Grace,’ the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full.

As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, “I never seen nothin’ like that before and I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.”

Apparently, I’m still lost… It’s a man thing.See More

Ree put this on my Facebook page.........I'm stickin' it up here lol!!!! St Patricks Day is a-near

Irish Rebel wrote:

irish colleen wrote:

We need more of these judges...

Judge Judy ALL THE WAY!!!!!

Meanwhile......I wanna get me one of THESE!!!!!!!

OMG !!!!!...Fabulous rug with a built in basement....I want one too... all the stuff I could store down there..

irish colleen wrote:

OMG !!!!!...Fabulous rug with a built in basement....I want one too... all the stuff I could store down there..

Just shows the difference in our lives, Colleen.......... You think "storage option" and here's me thinkin that a basement would be a great place to hide a few bodies

Irish Rebel wrote:

irish colleen wrote:

OMG !!!!!...Fabulous rug with a built in basement....I want one too... all the stuff I could store down there..

Just shows the difference in our lives, Colleen.......... You think "storage option" and here's me thinkin that a basement would be a great place to hide a few bodies

The only difference is you'd say it..I'd just think it....
MUUUUWAAAHAHAHA....

Did anyone watch the Oscars the other night....
I thought this was very funny...especially the Kate Winslet part....she's loves to get them out for the boys...how British of her...

irish colleen wrote:

Did anyone watch the Oscars the other night....
I thought this was very funny...especially the Kate Winslet part....she's loves to get them out for the boys...how British of her...

That was frikkin' hilarious but did you see the face on Charlize Theron
Next year..... Jenifer Aniston singing "We saw yer willy"