What name should the next Pope select?

[Bossy Monkey]

Never follow a banjo act with another banjo act.

And no, I'm not being morbid. JP might stick around another 10 years for all I know. But if it makes you feel better, you can apply this to Prince Charles, or for that matter William. They get to choose their name when they accede, too.

I'm not doing any child molestation references, not least because of Skinner's prohibition on sex threads. I have a shrewd notion that DUers will leap to the fore on this subject momentarily regardless (though I'm tempted to put on WeAreSoSorry I).

[HeyManThatsCool]

1. Pope-Eye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL

[phusion]

13. LOL...

Gets my vote too!

Pope-eye the cardinal man!

[Anarcho-Socialist]

2. Pope Bender Bending Rodriguez I

It fits.

[4_Legs_Good]

15. I'm on board!

That'd be fantastic!

He did see God after all.

david

[LTR]

3. Pope Daddy

Or P. Diddy.

[two gun sid]

4. Osama Muhammad I

[The Zanti Regent]

5. George Ringo

It's only fair!

[JVS]

6. We need another Pope Innocent

[maveric]

7. Bubba

Pope Bubba I

[meow2u3]

8. Sylvester IV

We could use a Cat-olic to head the church :silly:

[Sporadicus]

9. Bob

Good Pope Bob...has a certain proletarian ring to it.

[Rowdyboy]

10. Pope Elvis I

Its past time...

[saltpoint]

11. The new Pope should choose 'Peter' as his name --

-- because it was Peter who was so deeply human that he denied his association with Jesus in the face of possible arrest and execution.

The name connotes sturdiness (rock, stone), misinterpreted as 'foundation' or 'foundational stone' -- and yet the record shows the man struggling with his human fears and self-interest, not unlike most of us in crises situations.

A Pope unafraid to lay claim to the human element in his flock would be an interesting thinker.

[Bossy Monkey]

14. It's on the poll; you could vote for it n/t

[saltpoint]

18. I did. n/t

[tjwmason]

37. It's a bit dodgy though

Much Catholic mysticism states that only the first and last Popes will be called Peter, so if he does choose Peter we know to head for the hills.

[saltpoint]

41. Hi, tjwmason. I didn't know that.

It's kind of an interesting idea. Then in case, I hope he chooses something else!

[TahitiNut]

12. Ron Pope Isle

:silly:

[NomoBreaks]

16. SpongeBob

or Gannon

[donheld]

30. Pope Smiling Bob

Welcome to Du :hi:

[democracyindanger]

17. Jeff

[HEyHEY]

19. Grandmaster pontiff

[Technowitch]

20. Shecky

[enigmatic]

21. Pope Dolemite!

[elperromagico]

22. Pope Kraftwerk I

[Hardrada]

23. Pope eBay I

Not to be too commercial or anything.

[Bossy Monkey]

29. Hey! They should sell the naming rights, just like a stadium!

Pope Pepsi has a ring to it...

[SmileyBoy]

24. Pope Schlomo

So they could get some Jewish followers.:evilgrin:

[lpbk2713]

25. Skippy

His Holiness Pope Skippy I

[NV Whino]

26. Joan the second

[Bridget Burke]

34. Yup. That's my choice, too.

Time to give the old Church a good shakeup, so it can last another thousand years.

[Dave Reynolds]

27. Fred.

Just.....Fred.

[LeftyMom]

28. Pope Cletus I

Hey, if we're supposed to sacrifice all we hold dear to play nice with the more banjo-laden parts of the country, why can't the Holy See?

He might have to get his marriage to Brandine annuled first, but since she's his sister he has an acceptable reason.

[TyeDye75]

31. My favourite pope name is Sixtus V from the 16th century

The irony just gets me everytime

[arwalden]

32. Pope Ponarope?

[dbt]

33. Too bad the new one can't be a woman:

Pope Salad Annie.

[tjwmason]

36. Might be a tad risky

The last one (Pope Joan) was battered to death by an irate crowd.

[terrya]

35. Pope RuPaul I

[arwalden]

40. OMG... Wouldn't That Be A Riot??

:hi:

[oneighty]

38. Father Sicola

In a fair world he would be Pope.

180

[bif]

39. Pope Nickleback

[LadyLeo]

42. Popoleon Dynamite....nt

[Kire]

43. PopyPopePope!!!!!!!!!

I just love saying that out loud.

:yourock:

[Emops]

44. Pope Elton John I

And you thought the Pope dressed extravagently before...

[Emops]

45. No, wait-

Pope Emerson Lake & Palmer I

[7th_Sephiroth]

46. George-Ringo

John paul and George ringo, lol

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

47. Darrell.

Or maybe Dwayne.

[elehhhhna]

48. Pope Eddie Izzard the First

[edbermac]

49. Pope Bushisafuckingasshole...

:grr: