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riversedge

(81,425 posts)
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:21 PM 21 hrs ago

Pope Leo XIV gifted Marco Rubio a plant of peace. In return, Marco Rubio gave the pope

A plant for peace vs a glass football-

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Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale
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Pope Leo XIV gifted Marco Rubio a plant of peace.

In return, Marco Rubio gave the pope a crystal football.

The pope’s response?

“Wow. Okay.”


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Pope Leo XIV gifted Marco Rubio a plant of peace. In return, Marco Rubio gave the pope (Original Post) riversedge 21 hrs ago OP
A glass football is about as useful as a chocolate teapot Ocelot II 20 hrs ago #1
Little Marco coulda put a Bears sticker on it. Kid Berwyn 20 hrs ago #2
it woulda been funnier, and more like this inept admin.... Gato Moteado 20 hrs ago #5
what an embarrassment Gato Moteado 20 hrs ago #3
I guess he can put it in his man cave. badhair77 20 hrs ago #4
and football in rome is soccer.... Gato Moteado 20 hrs ago #6
Give the guy a break Bluestocking 20 hrs ago #7
The Pope: FalloutShelter 20 hrs ago #8
I don't see a plant, I see a pen. What am I missing? Maraya1969 20 hrs ago #9
I had to "look it up"...it was an olive wood pen, yorkster 19 hrs ago #11
Oh thank you. Maraya1969 18 hrs ago #13
'Extending an olive branch' means peace. applegrove 8 hrs ago #16
Oh, duh....my brain went to an olive tree. yorkster 2 hrs ago #24
The pen was made of olive wood which is the plant of peace, applegrove 8 hrs ago #15
Was it filled with aftershave? eShirl 20 hrs ago #10
LOL...Does it have a cord to hang in the shower? LeftInTX 7 hrs ago #17
like Father Guido Sarducci's "Pope on a Rope" eShirl 4 hrs ago #23
Da Pope has spoke musette_sf 19 hrs ago #12
Sweep it for bugs. orthoclad 18 hrs ago #14
Up close, it looks like it's made out of plexiglass... LeftInTX 7 hrs ago #18
Could have been worse. Emrys 7 hrs ago #19
Now picture Ka$h Patel as Secretary of State. "Since you're the Pope, you get TWO bottles!" nt Buns_of_Fire 6 hrs ago #20
Trump would have gifted the Pope a Shamwow Kaleva 6 hrs ago #21
The Pope would only have to pay shipping and handling PCIntern 5 hrs ago #22

Ocelot II

(131,114 posts)
1. A glass football is about as useful as a chocolate teapot
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:26 PM
20 hrs ago

or a marzipan dildo. But at least he didn’t give him a pair of oversized shoes.

Gato Moteado

(10,198 posts)
5. it woulda been funnier, and more like this inept admin....
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:44 PM
20 hrs ago

....had he put a white sox logo on it.

he could have further insulted the pontiff, a fan of the south side baseball team, had he put a cubs logo on it, instead.

badhair77

(5,205 posts)
4. I guess he can put it in his man cave.
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:42 PM
20 hrs ago

He and his buddies can admire it when watching football this fall.

Clueless.

yorkster

(3,930 posts)
11. I had to "look it up"...it was an olive wood pen,
Thu May 7, 2026, 02:46 PM
19 hrs ago

olive trees being a symbol of peace. This I did not know.


yorkster

(3,930 posts)
24. Oh, duh....my brain went to an olive tree.
Fri May 8, 2026, 08:18 AM
2 hrs ago

Thanks. This country should stock up on olive branches. We'll need a lot of 'em after
the current occupant is out of the WH..

musette_sf

(10,501 posts)
12. Da Pope has spoke
Thu May 7, 2026, 03:14 PM
19 hrs ago

“Wow. Okay.”

Summing up Marco’s paucity of knowledge of Chicago sports and Pope Rob’s background:

Buns_of_Fire

(19,207 posts)
20. Now picture Ka$h Patel as Secretary of State. "Since you're the Pope, you get TWO bottles!" nt
Fri May 8, 2026, 04:05 AM
6 hrs ago
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