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Pope Apologizes to Militant Geeks;
Regrets Using Technology As Whipping Boy

Pope Benedict just can’t seem to pick a whipping boy who won’t shout ouch.

First, there were the Muslims. Now there are the militant geeks.

During his Christmas message, he asked, “Is a Savior needed by humanity which has invented interactive communication, which navigates in the virtual ocean of the Internet and, thanks to the most advanced modern communications technologies, has now made the Earth, our great common home, a global village?”

Little did he realize that techies would be infuriated that he would dump on technology to establish the importance of Christ. There were certainly plenty of other topics in his homily that he could have pointed to, such as hunger, disease, war and terrorism.

To make their point, the enraged techies protested at locations such as Microsoft and Google, waving signs that insisted, “Pope Must Apologize On Internet!” “Issue Instant Message Now!” “Email Us Today!”

Of course, an effusive apology was almost immediately in their mailboxes.

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