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Monday, April 5, 1999: The taboo line
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 9:55 pm
by NonsenseWords
...you know, I kind of want a Pope Soda. Absolve your sins in the carbonated font of God.
Re: Monday, April 5, 1999: The taboo line
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 12:30 am
by Bocaj Claw
That is simony sir and this, THIS is a schism. Good-day SIR.
Re: Monday, April 5, 1999: The taboo line
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 1:47 am
by Maggot Brain
"It's papariffic!" is kinda funny.
Re: Monday, April 5, 1999: The taboo line
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 3:25 am
by Tom_Radigan
The line was crossed a long time ago. There was an actual advertisement by Bennetton (the clothing company) showing then-President Reagan with Karposi's sarcoma, somehow intended to advertise jeans. There were very angry protests, all right-coming from AIDS activists. Definitely one of the dumb-dumb advertisements of all time.
Re: Monday, April 5, 1999: The taboo line
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 3:37 am
by Arloest
I, personally, wish the Pope would actually do this.
Re: Monday, April 5, 1999: The taboo line
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 7:02 am
by Chris
Hi, I'm the Pope! You know, When i'm cruising along my Pope Mobile; Nothing refershes me like an ice cold POPE SODA! Absolve your sins in the carbonated font of God! Mmmmm...It's papariffic!
I wanna buy a Pope Soda...
Re: Monday, April 5, 1999: The taboo line
Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 6:34 pm
by Muninn
This is one of the strips I remember as making me laugh to tears when I first discovered the comic and was reading through the archives. It's still funny to me.
Re: Monday, April 5, 1999: The taboo line
Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 9:50 pm
by Bocaj Claw
I always wanted to be the sort of cartoonist who invents words. This was an early attempt at it.
I had a stronger anti-commercialism bent in those days. I'm still mostly against it, but by now I've had some years of having the importance of sometimes making money drilled firmly into me.