I think they updated the car. This was during Easter.
The guy riding in the back with the shoulder-mounted bazooka might be a bit over-prepared
That was a camera, but I like your version better.
They want you to think it’s a camera but it’s actually a bazooka.
The ol’ Catholic bazookamera
Now I demand a Pope Technical! What’s the Italian equivalent of a Hilux?
You’re looking at it. Just like how the guards themselves are Swiss, it makes perfect sense that the technical would be German.
Fiat Starda or even better: Piaggio Ape car
Does this count?
I want one. I will make it go 80 down the 10.
And look at all those white snipers on the balcony.
Where else would you mount it, the crotch? Don’t be silly!
maybe i want to be a little silly.
Is there a bazooka hidden in your crotch or are you happy to see me?
Reminds me of the old clone wars micro series…
Little reminder that the pope got shot in 1981, so they added tall bulletproof glass
God works in mysterious ways yada yada
TIL, I always thought they were being overprotective.
If anyone wonders the motive: it’s mental illness.
The most common excuse used for Islamist terrorists.
Believing that some unseen entity demands you act a certain way is obviously severe mental ilness.
No, I mean, the person is really insane. I spent too much time reading his Wikipedia article trying to find a motive before realizing his statements are completely incoherent and out there.
Like speaking to an imaginary friend every day, except they’re not your friend they’re your lord and master, and they also speak back to you and you have to obey them or the worst shit imaginable will happen?
Like that, or is it some other kind of mental illness?
And the Pope visited him in prison right?
Let’s call it the PTPT: public terrain pope transport
The Putt-Putt, phonetically speaking.
or Pitty-Pitty
AT-AT but with Pope’s seat mounted on the spine.
Imagine St Peter’s Square sliding open and that slowly rising.
That seems awfully unsteady
all hail the queen spider
Legio Titanicus
Fine. The Pontifexus it is.
Sadly no Lexus. Seat Apostolica maybe?
the mitsubishop
The Popel (for those who know the car brand Opel)
Popel translates to booger in German.
The line is no longer there in such comedic fashion; the paragraph is just:
In 2002, John Paul II requested that the media stop referring to the car as the “popemobile”, saying that the term was “undignified”.[1]
ending there, afaict.
Once the internet names it, there’s no going back 😭
Boaty McBoatface
The chosen representative of the most powerful being that has ever or will ever exist…
…and yet he still needs a bullet-proof car. Interesting.
“The lord helps those who help themselves,” The pope muses aloud, as the glass is splintered by incoming rifle rounds. “And I’m feeling real fuckin’ helpful.”
“Enlighten 'em up!” He commands his security details. And with a flourish he swings the MG2 .50 calibre machine gun from beneath his white cloak, cranks the charging handle on the weapon, and begins returning fire.
Oh man, this reminded me of Madness
tl;dr: Matthew 4 covers that by saying don’t do stupid soot to test God
Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’ ”Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”
Seems convenient “never test anything… because… well… there’ll be no response”
Lol that is some lazy writing right there.
Yeah, and the Wizard of Oz said “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain”. It’s the only way their lies still work on you.
you are assuming that i am not agnostic. i am simply playing
devil’sgod’s advocate.
And your tithing
Stop calling it the popemobile because it’s undignified?
Okay, lets call it the pedomobile.
(we like the pooe right now, I know it’s weird and morally questionable but shhhhh) /s
In a fight between a pedo defender that isn’t enthusiastic about killing children, and a pedo that loves when children are killed, we’re collectively crying for all of it to be over, but also slightly prefer the first one.
it’s a classic shit sandwich for sure
Saying that genocide is bad is like the lowest possible bar of respectability. It’s sad that him coming out and saying that a war is unjust and shouldn’t be happening is considered newsworthy.
Although I will give him credit for sticking with it even after Trump threatened him. He could have dropped it at that point and he didn’t.
The glass makes it look like a dunk tank.
When I was a kid, my grandpa sold souvenirs at fairs to supplement his retirement, and he was at the NY State Fair every year, right at the opening to the Midway. That was where they plunked the first dunk tank that anyone had every seen.
I spent the fair that year watching this mean clown insult everybody, trying to make them mad so they’d throw wildly. He was great at it, and I saw many an angry guy try to teach that clown a lesson for humiliating them in front of their girl.
That clown was also viciously racist, so when you mentioned the dunk tank, all I could imagine was the Pope screaming crazy racist stuff to get people to throw shit at him.
Gen 1 guild navigator
i just had the worst idea
I mean, Jesus was like the OG escape artist
Yeah, but unfortunately he fatally failed on his last trick. Turns out escaping a crucifix was tougher than it looked.
second to last trick. he got out of the cave somehow. i suspect the moles were in on it. or as my dream showed, the stone was made out of cheese.
Valid, he did redeem himself in the encore.
The Popemobile: a visual symbol of the fact that even the Pope doesn’t believe the bullshit he preaches.
He doesn’t claim to be a wizard though
Or to be bulletproof.
It’s even worse/cuter/weirder sounding in french: papamobile. Papa means daddy, it should have been papemobile but I think we collectively agreed to have a little fun instead.
Not in any French I’m aware of.
Dang! Have I been lied to my entire life ?
EDIT: nah, even the wikipedia article uses that spelling: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papamobile
Quebec
I think I found the source of this discrepancy.
@HugeNerd @nlgranger With a quick search you can see a lot of media outlets using “papamobile” https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22papamobile%22&iar=news
Okay, how about the holy-rolley?
It’s essentially a modern carriage. Modern vehicles don’t really allow a passenger in the back to stand up and greet people it passes. You could modify a tall van to do it, but most of them aren’t even tall enough.
There’s really no reason we couldn’t just make a modern carriage, but we wouldn’t make enough of them to justify the cost. (And by we, I mean auto manufacturers.) Then again, limousines and hearses exist, and those are extremely niche use as well. (They also get paid way more to use them.) So as silly as the “Popemobile” looks, it’s the right design. Light duty truck, but instead of a truck bed, you put a carriage body on the back of the frame. Preferably with light materials so it doesn’t weigh down the back end too much. These carriages could also be used for public transportation as well.
Carriages are still made. Royals around Europe use them for formal occasions and they are also common for tourists in some cities like Vienna.
The pope uses a simple car to appear more modest.
You can rename it all you want… it’s still gonna be the popemobile to everyone 😅
Perhaps… Mobile pontifical ape exhibit?
“The Pope Globe! It’s infallible!!”
