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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOne guy is the head of an Evil Empire...
And the other is a dude named "Palpatine".
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One guy is the head of an Evil Empire... (Original Post)
MrScorpio
Apr 2012
OP
Holy crap, they do look alike! Yikes, which one is good and which one is bad? n/t
teddy51
Apr 2012
#1
I'm pretty sure it's not. His mini Pope Cape™ got caught by a gust of wind and blew over...
Poll_Blind
Apr 2012
#5
teddy51
(3,491 posts)1. Holy crap, they do look alike! Yikes, which one is good and which one is bad? n/t
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)2. That is eerie... even down to the ring.
calimary
(81,323 posts)3. Yeah I noticed that, too.
gateley
(62,683 posts)4. I think it's shopped -- right?
I spent my youth in Catholic schools, churches and cathedrals and I don't recall any headgear like that.
But still -- amazing!
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)5. I'm pretty sure it's not. His mini Pope Cape™ got caught by a gust of wind and blew over...
...his head and he momentarily freaked, thinking the Sacred College of Cardinals was throwing a linen hood over him so they could spirit him away and grease him, John X style.
At least that's what I like to imagine.
PB
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)9. LMAO - Pope John X makes the roster for 20 most evil
people of the 10th Century (CE).
One bill of particulars had John X converting all convents within a certain city into brothels
gateley
(62,683 posts)10. Bwah! nt
Cleita
(75,480 posts)6. Yep, it's shopped. Look at the hands closely. n/t
gateley
(62,683 posts)11. S/he did a great job! nt
SlipperySlope
(2,751 posts)13. Yes it is shopped, I can tell by the pixels.
I can also tell from seeing quite a few shops in my time.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)7. Hundreds of toads inexplicably exploded in Ratzingers' home town
on the day he was "installed", as they say, as Pope.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)14. So the Bush family was visiting, huh? The boys were big on that.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)16. Ratzinger was a proud member of the Nazi Youth Brigade
during rise of Hitler.
If I were a toad, I'd explode too.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)18. Exploding toads can't mean anything good
Rex
(65,616 posts)8. Why does mother nature play games with my mind?
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)12. TWINS
Kennah
(14,276 posts)15. Always two, there are. No more, no less. A master, and an apprentice.
Angleae
(4,487 posts)17. But which is the master, and which is the apprentice?
Kennah
(14,276 posts)19. I'm betting Palpatine was misled