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The popemobile
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Fine. The Pontifexus it is.
Sadly no Lexus. Seat Apostolica maybe?
the mitsubishop
The Popel (for those who know the car brand Opel)
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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.
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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"
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Stop calling it the popemobile because it's undignified?
Okay, lets call it the pedomobile.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You can rename it all you want… it’s still gonna be the popemobile to everyone 😅
Perhaps... Mobile pontifical ape exhibit?
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"The Pope Globe! It's infallible!!"
"The Popemobile" makes it sound like a superhero gadget.
Popeman, protector of ~~the innocent~~ pedophiles. (Let's hope the current one will be better in this front.)
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PopeyMcPope Truck
Now called the Papal Pedowagon.
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