http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 08:22:16 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162337 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:50:47 +0000 Des Custard 162337@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Fine FP Rick. When you started this yesterday I had no idea what you were on about, but I think quite a few of us first find out about real news stories in here. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162308 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:58:01 +0000 Golgo13 162308@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>It's got the word pope in it, but then so will everything tomorrow. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162264 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:45:32 +0000 rickwestwell 162264@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Which one, Oxy? Mash have "Pope headhunted by Satan" - that's not similar, is it? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162262 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:42:44 +0000 Midnight Dreary 162262@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I liked it. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162176 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:00:49 +0000 Oxbridge 162176@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Alas, something basically similar now up on the Daily Mash. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162143 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:37:58 +0000 rickwestwell 162143@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thanks HP, but para 3 has to be about getting the Pope confused with Gary Lineker, for no reason whatsoever. </p> <p>Para 4 is about Liverpool coming back from 3-0 down to win the final in 2005 - miracle? Forget loaves and fishes. Actually, maybe I should have put something like that. Don't want to keep bumping, so I'll shut up now. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162133 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:30:20 +0000 herculepoisson 162133@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Very nice, but I think paras 3 and 4 could be punched up a bit.</p> <p>How about the Pope's playing career being with The Hitler Youth where he played out on the right wing? In their heyday they had some very promising European campaigns, but in the end they couldn't quite bag the silverware (no problem with gold, though).</p> <p>And Rafa's managerial career could be paralleled with the Vatican's handling of child abuse scandals: everyone knew he was up to no good but each time they just moved him onto a new club and hushed it up. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162128 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:20:42 +0000 rickwestwell 162128@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thanks Oxy. FP would be nice - it's been about four Popes since I last had one...</p> <p>Cheers MD - I'm trying to squeeze in a couple of Romans, can't quite make them fit comfortably. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162126 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:10:35 +0000 Oxbridge 162126@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Well that's tomorrow's FP sorted out, nice one sir. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162120 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:07:18 +0000 Midfield Diamond 162120@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You bugger - just started on a 'Redknapp off to another 'Big Club' with more money than sense' type sub but this is better. Stars.</p> <p>Maybe the possibility of adding something about 'Romans agree a deal over Benitez'? (ie R. Abramovich and R. Catholic Church) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162117 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:03:04 +0000 Not Amused 162117@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thank you. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162115 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:00:13 +0000 rickwestwell 162115@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Like it, NAmused - added, and hat tip to you. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162113 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:56:28 +0000 Not Amused 162113@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I like the expanded version.<br /> Ironically, Benitez was trying to increase his qualifications by being crucified by the British press. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162110 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:50:43 +0000 rickwestwell 162110@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Now with more. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162099 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:13:46 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 162099@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Fact </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56125#post-162082 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:20:30 +0000 rickwestwell 162082@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>In a shock turn of the managerial roundabout at Europe's top institutions of football and religion, it was announced today that Rafael Benitez will immediately take up the vacant job of Pope, with the ex-Pontiff moving in the opposite direction to manage Chelsea until the end of the season.</p> <p>"We certainly didn't expect the Pope," explained Chelsea Supporters Group leader Trizia Fiorellino. "We're giving this a cautious welcome, and he certainly can't do any worse than the last bloke."</p> <p>Most independent observers agree that Chelsea seem to have got the better end of the deal, former Pope Benedict coming with a footballing pedigree far outshining that of Benitez. Before accepting the high-pressure role at the Vatican, Benedict made his England debut in 1984 and over the following eight years scored 48 goals, finishing as his country's all-time second highest scorer behind Bobby Charlton. After his retirement from football he moved into broadcasting, working as a pundit on Match of the Day.</p> <p>Benitez, by contrast, has only a middling theological record, despite being highly regarded in the Archdiocese of Liverpool. Many religious commentators believe his impressive CV to be largely due to luck, citing 2005's 'Miracle of Istanbul' when eleven men were improbably saved from being massacred - later analysis indicated the salvation to be less due to Benitez's faith than to the goalkeeping prowess of Jerzy Dudek. It is understood that his recent crucifixion by the press was a desperate last attempt to gain religious credibility.</p> <p>Reaction from Catholics was scathing. "We're gutted," insisted Damian Thompson, former editor of the Catholic Herald. Pope Benedict has hardly had ten minutes in the job, and the Supreme Being decides it's his club and he can get rid of him. Who does he think he is, God?" </p>