Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit...

From	Pope Pompous XVIII <popepompousxviii@popesnews.invalid>
Newsgroups	uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool, comp.arch.arithmetic, alt.support.learning-difficulties
Subject	Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit...
Date	2014-06-30 15:25 +0100
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Earl Cup submitted this idea :
> Pope Pompous XVIII formulated the question :
>> ]v[etaphoid wrote on 2014-06-30 :
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> A friend and I were having a spirited discussion about arithmetic in the 
>>> discussion below. He contends that because Catholics only allow men 
>>> priests to molest boys, they are only half as likely as the general 
>>> population to be paedophiles, since there are no women.
>>>
>>> He's such a funny fellow...
>>>
>>> "On a more wholesome note, do you believe that the incidence of 
>>> paedophilia amongst Catholic priests would be consistent with your quoted 
>>> global incidence rates of 3-4%?"
>>>
>>> "No I don't. I'm not sure you know this but the Catholic priesthood is for 
>>> men only. Straight away that reduces the average by half. I do hope you 
>>> are able to understand this simple bit of arithmetic."
>>
>> Yes I could have phrased it better. I also readily admit I've always been 
>> useless at maths.
>
> Just maths? Thank heavens we can rely on your rock solid knowledge and 
> interpretation of international politics!

At least I don't walk around with the fanny batter of a 60-year-old ho 
bubbling in my nostrils.

-- 
+ His Holiness Pope Pompous XVIII

"It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do 
without the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" - St Pio of Pietrelcina

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]v[aths for fun and profit... ]v[etaphoid <met@phoid.con> - 2014-06-30 22:12 +1000
  Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... "Mentalguy2k8" <mentalguy2k8@gmail.com> - 2014-06-30 13:35 +0100
  Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... Pope Pompous XVIII <popepompousxviii@popesnews.invalid> - 2014-06-30 14:57 +0100
    Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... ]v[etaphoid <met@phoid.con> - 2014-07-01 00:05 +1000
    Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... Earl Cup <earlcup@yahoo.com> - 2014-07-01 00:22 +1000
      Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... Pope Pompous XVIII <popepompousxviii@popesnews.invalid> - 2014-06-30 15:25 +0100
        Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... Paul Pot <PMD@SIBU.HQ> - 2014-07-01 00:15 +0100
    Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... "Mentalguy2k8" <mentalguy2k8@gmail.com> - 2014-06-30 17:29 +0100
      Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... ]v[etaphoid <met@phoid.con> - 2015-09-24 23:35 +1000
        Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... Prof. ]v[etaphoid <met@phoid.com.canadia> - 2017-11-10 22:53 +1100

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