CBS reporter Tony Dokoupil joked that the cardinals tasked with deciding on the brand new pope on the Vatican are “rawdogging” the Papal Conclave as a result of their gadgets have been confiscated.
“We think about within the conclave that there is all these charged political debates happening,” stated CBS Information reporter John Allen, as seen within the clip beneath. “No, contained in the Sistine Chapel itself, just about your complete time that the cardinals are inside is given over to the ritual of the balloting. Every poll takes about an hour. … Most of them will inform you whereas that is happening, they’re studying their ebook of prayers… One factor we all know they don’t seem to be doing is checking Instagram as a result of their gadgets have all been confiscated.”
CBS Mornings co-host Tony Dokoupil added, “I consider the children name it rawdogging it, in case you’re gonna undergo a protracted time frame with no digital system.” The second was met with laughs by the opposite reporters.
Whereas the time period “rawdogging” has expanded to mainstream utilization to explain doing one thing mundane and even troublesome with out help or safety, its origins are rather more obscene. The time period was initially used as slang for unprotected intercourse, but it surely has since been adopted as a development centered on taking a long-haul flight with out leisure and even meals and sleep.
GQ reported on the phenomenon final 12 months, whereas the BBC requested, “Is rawdogging lengthy flights heroic or silly?”
The “rawdogging” remark comes because the Vatican conclave’s first day signalled that that they had didn’t elect a brand new pope, with black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney.
Hundreds have crowded exterior the Sistine Chapel as they keenly await information on the successor to Pope Francis, who died final month, aged 88.