http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=bishops The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Tue, 21 May 2013 14:09:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54261#post-156819 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:41:49 +0000 Sinnick 156819@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Great NiB, pure pawnography.</p> <p>Nice link, Pinxit. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54261#post-156715 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:25:10 +0000 Yikes 156715@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>This is very nice and Pinxit's link in even better! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54261#post-156712 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:09:49 +0000 Ian 156712@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Pure quality. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54261#post-156674 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:47:41 +0000 Psycadelic Squirrel 156674@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Like it, stars </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54261#post-156673 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:45:41 +0000 flyerblade 156673@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nice find :-) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54261#post-156668 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:24:14 +0000 pinxit 156668@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Works.</p> <p>But <a href="http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2012/12/23/extreme-amazing-super-chess/">this</a> is sheer class. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54261#post-156657 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:21:49 +0000 beau-jolly 156657@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Jolly neat. Starrage. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54261#post-156645 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:35:43 +0000 Oxbridge 156645@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I also had a 'Bishops demand right to move diagonally' Nib, but this is still a neat idea. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54261#post-156639 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:10:33 +0000 charlies_hat 156639@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I had a ticker that I didn't post along the lines of "Queens and Bishops banned from sharing a chess board" I didn't think it really worked as one line - this Nib is pretty good though ! Stars to you Mr blade. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54261#post-156636 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:01:49 +0000 Not Amused 156636@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I like that ! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54261#post-156635 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:59:11 +0000 flyerblade 156635@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>In light of recent concerns with the celibacy of gay bishops, FIDE, the World Chess Federation has announced that the rules of chess will be changed for matches played in 2013 and beyond.</p> <p>From now on, bishops may not 'take' other bishops in the diagonal fashion we are used to seeing.</p> <p>FIDE are still under continued criticism for only allowing black bishops to take white ones and vice versa. "Same-race bishop interaction is still not allowed" a FIDE spokesperson admitted. "And of course bishops taking horses, queens and those little ones will continue as normal". </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54147#post-156336 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:15:47 +0000 Tripod 156336@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>a vow of promiscuity</blockquote></p> <p>Good stuff. Stars... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54147#post-156332 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:04:09 +0000 Matt T 156332@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>In an historic move the gay community has voted to extend membership to Anglican Bishops as long as they repent of their beliefs and take a vow of promiscuity.</p> <p>The move has caused controversy among hardline gays such as Wayne Trenton of campaign group Bash the Bishops: “Everyone knows that Church of England clergy live miserable tormented lives, compulsively indulging in unnatural practices such as praying to their non-existent sky-friends, pretending to drink blood, and hosting coffee mornings,” he said.</p> <p>“Clearly there’s no place for these weirdos in the gay community which has always prided itself on far more wholesome pursuits such as sniffing poppers, sucking off strangers in parks, and worshipping Kylie Minogue.”</p> <p>But not everyone agrees with Trenton. Prominent pro-religious gay lobbyist, Jonathan Tolthorpe welcomed the vote, saying, “This is wonderful news. After all those bishops have some of the best drag around. I can’t wait to get into their closets! And boy do they have plenty of those.”</p> <p>Meanwhile the Catholic Church was more equivocal. Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols said, “I fucking hate gays. They fucking disgust me. They should be fucking killed. In this church we’re perfectly clear about the proper expression of sexual desire: just ask our altar boys.”</p> <p>Archbishop Nichols' new book The Gospel According to Jimmy Savile is published next week. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11910#post-32626 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:19:09 +0000 ChrisHarrison 32626@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Very clever. 5* </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11910#post-32625 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:13:45 +0000 Oxbridge 32625@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The bishops of the Church of England, meeting in a conclave at Canterbury, are calling on the Church to intervene directly with the government. They want to end centuries of restrictions and be allowed to move vertically and horizontally as well as diagonally.</p> <p>‘Tradition is all very well,’ complained the Right Revered James Langstaff, the newly installed Bishop of Rochester, ‘but how can I preach the word of God in an increasingly secular world when I have to wear a big red frock all day and can only bounce around at odd angles? I look a right pillock, me.’</p> <p>His stance was echoed by the Right Reverend Michal Perham, Bishop of Gloucester. ‘I don’t know whether I’m coming or going sometimes. I’ve got a group of dopey midgets shuffling about in front of me, Sir Alan Sugar and Sir Alex Ferguson bouncing on and off my head, the Tower of London zooming past and Allan Carr showing little interest in protecting me. It's intolerable,’he said.</p> <p>The relevance of the Church in modern society is increasingly under question. Many feel that the bishops lack the flexibility to take on the challenges of 21st century life, though others point to the example of Archbishop Desmond Tutu of what a black bishop can single-handedly achieve. However, the Right Reverend Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham, dismisses this as irrelevant.</p> <p>‘Frankly if the government does not act, we’ll have to get the Commission for Racial Equality involved. Many people are rather suspicious of why we confine ourselves to one colour the whole time,’ he said. ‘And now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to backtrack, before the threat to my flanks from Graham Norton and Hampton Court becomes too much. You can write the rest of the joke yourself.’ </p>