What would be a better way to pick the next pope?

[yurbud]

Poll question: What would be a better way to pick the next pope?

A bunch of old farts in seclusion sending smoke signals is tres 12th century.

We need to update process

[Hardrada]

1. eBay auction

They sell all kinds of things!

[Swamp Rat]

2. "Queer Eye for the Pope Guy"

:D

[fishnfla]

3. diebold picks 'em

or cheney

[brettdale]

4. Moe from the simpsons

"we will choose the way,the way they choose the pope" He pulls out from under the bar a jar of pickles.

[leftofthedial]

5. put all the cardinals on a deserted island

and make them eat worms and rats and shit on prime time TV until there is only one left

[Fridays Child]

6. One pope-tato, two pope-tato...

That or a three game series of Red Rover. :P

[d_b]

7. 1-2-3-4 I declare a thumb-war.

[Seabiscuit]

8. Dodgeball.

[Seabiscuit]

10. Wait,... they might all suffer a stroke. How about tiddlywinks?

[Quixote1818]

9. Pope Fear Factor to test their faith. nt

[Seabiscuit]

12. See who can sit nekkid in a bathtub full of bloodworms the longest?

[Quixote1818]

11. A good game of Pope Twister nt

[A HERETIC I AM]

13. A spirited round of "Duck, Duck, Goose"

Last goose that hasnt croaked from a heart attack gets the big hat.

[FloridaPat]

14. Beauty contest. Just imagine all those old men in bathing suits

and evening gowns. Make them understand a little about all those people they never assosicate with.

[ngGale]

15. Kinda like The Donald - "You're Fired"....n/t

[REP]

16. DeathMatch

117 enter - one leaves. An all-out fight for who will be next vicar of Rome.

[ananda]

17. poor women

Let poor women decide...

[HysteryDiagnosis]

18. Chicken bones tossed onto a somewhat dusty dirt floor....eom.

[left is right]

19. put the cardinal around a large breakfast table

give them a new box of cereal and the one that gets the "prize" becomes Pope

[On the Road]

20. On the Daily Show Last Night,

Ed Helms had that computer simulation of the cardinals filing into the conclave. He even made one cardinal whack another one. There are some good ideas there. If that doesn't work:

"Grand Theft Auto: Vatican City."

[Charon]

21. Pick the next Pope

Why, the current system seems to work quite well. No appeals to the Supreme Court, no diebold machines, all votes hand counted.