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Pope Francis criticizes unfriendly nuns with 'nasty vinegar' faces, tells them to stop speaking with Devil (www.latintimes.com)

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Pope Francis seemingly put his own spin on telling women to 'smile more,' urging nuns to abandon "vinegar faces," and stop speaking with the devil.

The Pope, 88, emphasized the importance of friendliness and love in embodying the virtues of the Catholic Church as he spoke to a group of Dominican sisters visiting the Vatican Sunday, The Times reported.

"Sometimes in my life, I have met nuns with a vinegar face, and that's not friendly," the Pope remarked. "That's not something that helps to attract people. Vinegar is nasty, and nuns with a vinegar face—let's not even talk about it."

The Pope also urged the nuns to follow Jesus' example of speaking to everyone—except the Devil. "No dialogue with the Devil, understood?" he stressed, warning against allowing jealousy and other human frailties to provide entry points for evil.

Among human frailties, the Pope addressed gossip as a substantial hurdle for women.

"Please, distance yourself from gossip," he urged. "To ask this of a woman is heroic but, come on, let's move forward and no gossip." He called on the sisters to instead be "heralds of affability."

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Bossman literally telling employees to "smile more."

[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago

To be fair, he's always smiling and his predecessor had to be the world's least photogenic Pope, so it's probably something that he's focused on doing himself.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

“You’re never allowed to have an orgasm. Also you aren’t allowed to be grumpy.”

Nah dawg you gotta pick one.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Two nuns were riding bicycles through the old town on their way back to the convent. The one in front led them down a cobblestone road. The one in back said "I've never come this way before!"

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"The one in front led them down a side road. The one in back said "huh, I've never come this way before". The one in front said "yeah, it's the cobblestones "

Switching that around adds not punch to the reveal.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Sure, but that's not a double entendre. Double entendres are ambiguous. Your example is a pun.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Isn't it? Come this way is still double. You just don't realize it's double until the end. Extra surprise.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Is it really a double entendre if it's unambiguous? I can't think of any other double entendre jokes that are spoiled by revealing a single interpretation.

Not realizing it's a double entendres is part of double entendre humor. Some people are clever enough to figure it out right away, and some are not. That is part of the humor.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The picked the 2nd one.
Lots of rounded crosses in the convent.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Whats a rounded cross?

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

It's a... open with care nsfw

[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Vinegar is nasty

I like salt and vinegar potato chips.

[–] TurtleOnASkateboard@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago