Black SMOKE HAS EMERGED FROM THE Cardinal Conclave:

[axelfox]

This reminds me of the scene in "The Rock" where the FBI agent yells "I got green smoke! I got green smoke!"

But in this case, it would be white smoke.

 

[SuperTool]

Must have been serving burritos for lunch 😉

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: wbresson

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
I haven't been keeping up with this since I could not care less but could somebody tell me WTF black smoke has to do with the selection process???

It means that a Pope has not been elected, they take the balets, die them with a chemical to make the smoke black, and burn them

I believe this is where the colloquialism "Holy smoke!" comes from.

Also, I don't think we need twice-daily updates of "Nothing new" to be posted 🙂

 

[Anubis]

i read BLCK SMOKE and thought you were gonna tell me they were on fire


sigh 🙁

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: wbresson

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
I haven't been keeping up with this since I could not care less but could somebody tell me WTF black smoke has to do with the selection process???

It means that a Pope has not been elected, they take the balets, die them with a chemical to make the smoke black, and burn them

WTF? They watch balet in there? I hope it's not young boys in tights.

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
I haven't been keeping up with this since I could not care less but could somebody tell me WTF black smoke has to do with the selection process???

It is to trick all those who "could not care less" into showing interest by asking.

I was curious as to the black smoke issue since it was in this thread and not the proceedings in general.

 

[Mucho]

as long as they keep smoking they will be no war.