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MLAA

(19,141 posts)
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:37 PM Wednesday

Service for Pope Francis expected to last 2.5 hours. TSF can't go that long without being sucked up to.

Last edited Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:17 PM - Edit history (1)

So will he disrupt the service by leaving early, sleep through it, or back out at the last minute and miss the media coverage of him entering the Vatican? I’d say it’s a crap shoot

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Service for Pope Francis expected to last 2.5 hours. TSF can't go that long without being sucked up to. (Original Post) MLAA Wednesday OP
Fidgeting like a 3 yr old. Kingofalldems Wednesday #1
That felon bdamomma Wednesday #2
It just might kill him to sit that long and listen to so much praise for someone besides himself. Fingers crossed. MLAA Wednesday #3
He didn't bdamomma Wednesday #4
He doesn't have to, IMO he doesn't want to miss the media coverage and a chance to look like a big man among world MLAA Wednesday #12
I hope bdamomma Wednesday #14
Especially when the praise for that someone besides himself is all about how Ocelot II Wednesday #6
After 5 minutes he will start to believe they are praising him. MLAA Wednesday #13
I believe I heard on CBS News This Evening BOSSHOG Wednesday #5
I agree, no way he can attend, meet dozens of dignitaries and not make an ass of him self. How many will he push in MLAA Wednesday #8
Gonna suck to be sitting near squishy pants. aeromanKC Wednesday #7
Gonna need some serious incense to just take the edge off of the odor. MLAA Wednesday #9
I feel sorry for his colostomy bag. Abolishinist Wednesday #10
Message auto-removed Name removed Yesterday #37
I have this nagging feeling...... GP6971 Yesterday #38
Interesting you bring this up. Abolishinist Yesterday #40
Your feelings nag accurately. marble falls 23 hrs ago #47
Oh Darn!!! They're gone!! And they GP6971 21 hrs ago #55
I've had most of my colon removed, as well as several other parts. I see nothing offensive at all ... marble falls 23 hrs ago #46
Sounds serious Torchlight 22 hrs ago #52
Probably Timewas Wednesday #11
Yes, I didn't think of that attention getting device! MLAA Yesterday #15
I expect he's never sat through a 'high mass'. pfitz59 Yesterday #16
I will watch here for news on what happens 😹 Meowmee Yesterday #17
Unfortunately, the Media will spend an inordinate amount of time focusing no_hypocrisy Yesterday #18
I'm really hoping to see his ass stuck sitting right by the bathroom door AZJonnie Yesterday #19
By the bathroom and right under the air conditioner vent so it constantly ruffles whatever is on his head. 😬 MLAA Yesterday #21
those nuns would scare him shitless... CTyankee Yesterday #26
LOL! ShazzieB 11 hrs ago #62
OH, IDK about that. I went back to school to get a Masters at a Catholic college and one of the nuns there taught CTyankee 8 hrs ago #63
I got some stress looking at those nuns kimbutgar Yesterday #29
IKR? I'm hoping for them to feel discomfited in every possible way AZJonnie Yesterday #34
That's what I am hoping for ribrepin Yesterday #20
If you have access to BBC World News SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday #24
They won't because the Vaticanwill control the feed n/t malaise Yesterday #39
He can't go the long without changing his diaper! bif Yesterday #22
He's bringing Bill Maher with him SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday #23
To sit on his lap and hold is Coca Cola! MLAA Yesterday #30
He has to go pee pee too often for that service. Maybe he'll have a little accident.... CTyankee Yesterday #25
IF, he is one of the speakers, i hope he's LAST. bluestarone Yesterday #27
Why would he speak? Retrograde 23 hrs ago #41
I believe sometimes, certain people are invited? bluestarone 23 hrs ago #42
Trump will be captured on camera dozing off numerous times, later he'll claim he was praying really hard. sop Yesterday #28
I think he'll use the too dangerous for me to go/stay excuse Greywing Yesterday #31
Agree, he is a disgrace to all that is decent and good. He tarnishes everything he touches or attends. MLAA Yesterday #32
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Ah....the grammar police have shown up. GP6971 Yesterday #35
Grammar and spelling are the last refuge of the anal retentive. Alegedly. marble falls 23 hrs ago #44
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Maybe you need to be somewhere else, where they appreciate your style of posting ... marble falls 22 hrs ago #51
I missed whoever was correcting me. Do you recall what he/she suggested I correct? MLAA 16 hrs ago #58
It was a boloxed sentence itself. It claimed your sentence made no sense between a spelling and grammer ... marble falls 15 hrs ago #59
Thank you! MLAA 14 hrs ago #60
Chill. marble falls 23 hrs ago #43
Or filling his diaper. spanone Yesterday #36
He will fall asleep on camera. NT Happy Hoosier 23 hrs ago #45
The only crap shoot element is how many of your scenarios he'll drag us through. marble falls 23 hrs ago #48
Donnie will define himself as a truly refined gentleman when dealing with the situation. Ping Tung 23 hrs ago #49
In his court room trials, he looked heavily medicated. Irish_Dem 22 hrs ago #53
He'll be needing the high-capacity Depends... regnaD kciN 22 hrs ago #54
Seated in the Cheap Seats, Too Deep State Witch 18 hrs ago #56
Oh goodie, he's in the cheap seats. No disrespect whatsoever meant to the planners of Pope Francis' service. MLAA 16 hrs ago #57
Uh, no MorbidButterflyTat 14 hrs ago #61

bdamomma

(68,063 posts)
2. That felon
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:41 PM
Wednesday

is thinking about going??????? Divine intervention would be good now if he goes.

MLAA

(19,141 posts)
3. It just might kill him to sit that long and listen to so much praise for someone besides himself. Fingers crossed.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:42 PM
Wednesday

MLAA

(19,141 posts)
12. He doesn't have to, IMO he doesn't want to miss the media coverage and a chance to look like a big man among world
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:19 PM
Wednesday

leaders.

Ocelot II

(124,333 posts)
6. Especially when the praise for that someone besides himself is all about how
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:48 PM
Wednesday

that person cared especially for immigrants and the poor and the marginalized. All that Jesus-y stuff.

BOSSHOG

(42,144 posts)
5. I believe I heard on CBS News This Evening
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:48 PM
Wednesday

That President Zelensky will also be in attendance. I have confidence that “Our” President will make an ass of himself which will reflect poorly on “Us” because stupid people vote.

MLAA

(19,141 posts)
8. I agree, no way he can attend, meet dozens of dignitaries and not make an ass of him self. How many will he push in
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:14 PM
Wednesday

away in order to be in front of the group?

Response to Abolishinist (Reply #10)

Abolishinist

(2,434 posts)
40. Interesting you bring this up.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 02:48 PM
Yesterday

I've been going through thousand of random pics on my phone in a clean-up effort and bumped into several that I'd taken around five years ago, when I was into baking bread. It took three attempts, but I finally was able to produce an incredible crust for my favorite, the Margherita style pizza.

I've had this nagging feeling that I really need to get back to this, the Boule I made was out of this world as well.

marble falls

(64,859 posts)
46. I've had most of my colon removed, as well as several other parts. I see nothing offensive at all ...
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 03:25 PM
23 hrs ago

... but I did note your posting documents your attempts at trolling.

Chill.

pfitz59

(11,459 posts)
16. I expect he's never sat through a 'high mass'.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 12:36 AM
Yesterday

I also expect he'll fill his diaper while doing so. Will Melania wear the same dress she wore last time at the Vatican?

Meowmee

(8,713 posts)
17. I will watch here for news on what happens 😹
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 12:51 AM
Yesterday

I think maybe even orange psycho does not have the ability to disrupt a papal funeral, but who knows.

no_hypocrisy

(51,276 posts)
18. Unfortunately, the Media will spend an inordinate amount of time focusing
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 04:05 AM
Yesterday

on TSF rather than honoring the late Pope.

Expect to see Trump ostracized, avoided by the other attendees, and that will be The Story.

AZJonnie

(723 posts)
19. I'm really hoping to see his ass stuck sitting right by the bathroom door
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 04:42 AM
Yesterday

And there's nobody but nuns within 25 feet of slothy and the slovenian sex worker, all giving them this look:



Actually honestly think he'll back out at the last minute, like a dickhead, having a tantrum over some minor slight

MLAA

(19,141 posts)
21. By the bathroom and right under the air conditioner vent so it constantly ruffles whatever is on his head. 😬
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 12:03 PM
Yesterday

ShazzieB

(20,332 posts)
62. LOL!
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 03:08 AM
11 hrs ago

I actually doubt it, though. Trump was raised protestant (one of the few things I have in common with him). I know nuns are scary to people who went to Catholic school, but I don't find them scary at all, and I doubt he does.

CTyankee

(66,035 posts)
63. OH, IDK about that. I went back to school to get a Masters at a Catholic college and one of the nuns there taught
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 06:16 AM
8 hrs ago

a graduate course I took. She wasn't in a habit but OMG she was scary. And I was raised in no religion as my father and mother were totally against religion (Daddy's strict Southern Baptist father had a lot to do with that).

kimbutgar

(24,904 posts)
29. I got some stress looking at those nuns
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 01:11 PM
Yesterday

Did 12 years hard time in catholic school and I remember nuns who had that look if you got on their wrong side !

AZJonnie

(723 posts)
34. IKR? I'm hoping for them to feel discomfited in every possible way
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 01:31 PM
Yesterday

Also put them into those ubiquitous light brown metal folding chairs, with no padding or armrest. You know, the sort of chairs you'd find at your average AA meeting being held in the basement of a church somewhere

CTyankee

(66,035 posts)
25. He has to go pee pee too often for that service. Maybe he'll have a little accident....
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 01:00 PM
Yesterday

Retrograde

(11,057 posts)
41. Why would he speak?
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 02:58 PM
23 hrs ago

Or anyone, for that matter? A formal Catholic funeral mass is a very defined religious ritual and random attendees don't get to stand up and opine. IIRC from John Paul II's services, there are even more rituals for papal funerals.

sop

(13,813 posts)
28. Trump will be captured on camera dozing off numerous times, later he'll claim he was praying really hard.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 01:08 PM
Yesterday

Greywing

(1,131 posts)
31. I think he'll use the too dangerous for me to go/stay excuse
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 01:14 PM
Yesterday

I really hope he does not attend … it seems so disgraceful to allow this hate monger’s presence anywhere near Pope Francis’s funeral service.

MLAA

(19,141 posts)
32. Agree, he is a disgrace to all that is decent and good. He tarnishes everything he touches or attends.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 01:17 PM
Yesterday

He can stay home and read from his upside down Bible from the books of Corinthians One and Two 😬

Response to MLAA (Original post)

Response to marble falls (Reply #44)

marble falls

(64,859 posts)
51. Maybe you need to be somewhere else, where they appreciate your style of posting ...
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 04:19 PM
22 hrs ago

... but thank-you for proving my point.

MLAA

(19,141 posts)
58. I missed whoever was correcting me. Do you recall what he/she suggested I correct?
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 10:25 PM
16 hrs ago

Damn the grammar/typo police irritate me.

marble falls

(64,859 posts)
59. It was a boloxed sentence itself. It claimed your sentence made no sense between a spelling and grammer ...
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 10:58 PM
15 hrs ago

... they came here itching for a fight. They got slapped silly.

Ping Tung

(2,180 posts)
49. Donnie will define himself as a truly refined gentleman when dealing with the situation.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 03:29 PM
23 hrs ago

Irish_Dem

(68,583 posts)
53. In his court room trials, he looked heavily medicated.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 04:26 PM
22 hrs ago

He dozed off, was actually sleeping.

Deep State Witch

(11,748 posts)
56. Seated in the Cheap Seats, Too
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 08:35 PM
18 hrs ago

Sorry this is paywalled, but you get the idea.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/24/trump-to-be-in-third-tier-seats-at-popes-funeral/

Trump to be in third-tier seats at Pope’s funeral
Arcane Vatican protocol suggests US president may have to settle for a place away from the limelight.

Donald Trump may be the most famous person on the planet and leader of the free world, but he could be deeply disappointed when he sees the seating plan for the funeral of Pope Francis...

MLAA

(19,141 posts)
57. Oh goodie, he's in the cheap seats. No disrespect whatsoever meant to the planners of Pope Francis' service.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 10:23 PM
16 hrs ago

MorbidButterflyTat

(2,852 posts)
61. Uh, no
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 12:56 AM
14 hrs ago

"*onald *rump may be the most famous person on the planet and leader of the free world...."



Someone's not paying attention.

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