filling time on air until the new pope is announced is known as "pontiffication" - ThreadSky

jaeglin.bsky.social•3 days ago

The disappointment of EWTN's panel was palpable.

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abpow.bsky.social•3 days ago

I Holy See what you did there

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rachelmaria55.bsky.social•3 days ago

Very droll Ariel😇

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stevie49.bsky.social•3 days ago

Excellent.

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1loafofmeat.bsky.social•3 days ago

Habemus pablum

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cdpositive.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/cdpositive.bsky.social/post/3lood6mwnvk2m

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mirnuphar.bsky.social•3 days ago

You suck

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jpofgwynedd.bsky.social•3 days ago

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moosymoo.bsky.social•3 days ago

Do you get white smoke from burning pope-pourri?

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waternymph.bsky.social•3 days ago

🤣🤣🤣

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beauclaire59.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is the smartest, wittiest forum I've ever been on 😎

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eleniarzoglou.bsky.social•3 days ago

very very good

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ikycat.bsky.social•3 days ago

👏👏👏

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jenni4iowa.bsky.social•3 days ago

booooo 😜

(cc @kdzwierzynski.bsky.social)

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natusm.bsky.social•3 days ago

Beautiful! Put it in a museum.

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mississauganana.bsky.social•3 days ago

Air Force One en route to the Vatican.

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nwayne66.bsky.social•3 days ago

10/10

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jetblakc.bsky.social•3 days ago

pronounced "pontifi.....cation"

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distantvortex.bsky.social•3 days ago

Booooo! Hisssss!

Also, I want to marry you.

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cripesamighty.bsky.social•3 days ago

Or, 'pontriffication'

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drjoe2003.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://youtu.be/E6boHCSOcC8?si=9rcyIty3IbjXdgdK

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aedwardslevy.bsky.social•3 days ago

yes I'm aware it does not actually impact the joke

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joshpasek.com•3 days ago

But it does render it a pontiffiction

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derricktperkins.bsky.social•3 days ago

No one is actually ever sorry to "ruin the joke"

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medi050505.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ruining the joke is not good

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lennypcover.bsky.social•3 days ago

Alright - it’s just a convention before saying a comparatively boring thing (but which you assume someone doesn’t know but might find interesting).

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distantvortex.bsky.social•3 days ago

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lennypcover.bsky.social•3 days ago

Okay. I assumed you wouldn’t have thought to make the joke if you knew and that you might find it interesting. Sorry.

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supfellas.bsky.social•3 days ago

Belaboring the pont(iff).

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tjholland.com•3 days ago

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immunetoboredom.bsky.social•3 days ago

aka, Papal bull

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eaglefly124.bsky.social•3 days ago

Ok, I laughed.

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ksader.bsky.social•3 days ago

Lol

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fibboi.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’ll allow it

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shawneewildcat.bsky.social•3 days ago

🤣

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dwrightvisa.bsky.social•3 days ago

Nice - I like the reminder of the etymology

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daveoleary.bsky.social•3 days ago

Or “Transubcrastination”

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haylibop.bsky.social•3 days ago

It means the same thing. It’s not punny.

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kukulkan.bsky.social•3 days ago

You win the internet for today

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3fecta.bsky.social•3 days ago

We are just waiting for Confirmation.

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davidaritter.bsky.social•3 days ago

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rockymountviews.bsky.social•3 days ago

You could not pay me to be in that crowd.

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justjohn1962.bsky.social•3 days ago

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creatrixanima.bsky.social•3 days ago

Stating that someone will be there soon is a relative term in the context of the Catholic Church…

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kwcollins.bsky.social•3 days ago

literal lol

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meshelle22.bsky.social•3 days ago

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bejohnsay.bsky.social•3 days ago

ARIEL!!!!

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oldpig.bsky.social•3 days ago

Good one

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azgentleguy.bsky.social•3 days ago

Exactly what we're experiencing now. "What would you say is the shade of white smoke being displayed?"

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julieannamac.bsky.social•3 days ago

I thought it was pont-sing around.

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ajhines.bsky.social•3 days ago

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oclsc.bsky.social•3 days ago

Is that a bridge too far?

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marybschneider.bsky.social•3 days ago

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robvo.bsky.social•3 days ago

Get ready...
https://bsky.app/profile/robvo.bsky.social/post/3lntaxle5ck2v

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cath34.bsky.social•3 days ago

🤣

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joegrunenwald.bsky.social•3 days ago

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lettersfromthewasteland.org•3 days ago

It's terrible, too

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donlandrymedia.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’d weigh in on the choice of a new pope but no one ever asks for my pontiff view.

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ulidig.bsky.social•3 days ago

Ariel.

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traderjames.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nice

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lennypcover.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sorry to ruin the joke but the root of the word “pontificate” is literally “pontif”.

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chekovsgunman.bsky.social•3 days ago

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chekovsgunman.bsky.social•3 days ago

(JK I love it)

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mikesager.net•3 days ago

What do you say to the Pope during Yom Kippur? "Good Yontiff, Pontiff!"

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breslovinit.bsky.social•3 days ago

Superb

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michaelrose.bsky.social•3 days ago

I will always associate this phrase with the somewhat legendary Brandeis Hillel rabbi who started High Holiday services this way lol

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mikesager.net•3 days ago

I think my grandfather would always tell this joke, and my dad started telling it, and of course now I tell it too.

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michaelrose.bsky.social•3 days ago

I always thought of it as just like, a phrase rather than a punchline to a joke but I realize it can be either!

But also brb asking the Rabbis if White Smoke Day is actually a yontiff

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homecrushgirl.bsky.social•3 days ago

So thrilled the rest of the world has not let the rancor from the US WH affect this choice. I am not a Catholic. This is a solemn and important moment.
Grazie per non averci abbandonato.

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