As an eager Twitter user, Pope Benedict XVI will almost certainly have been sitting flicking through the surge of tweets that greeted his resignation (it’s safe to guess he uses a tablet).

Within minutes, the accounts @BonoForPope and @TonyForPope (ie Blair) were up and running, and there was a lot of other activity, much of it forgettable.

And today has seen another solid effort from the Twitterati. News that Benedict will continue to live in the Vatican post-retirement had the Wairarapa’s favourite farmer, John Hart, observe: “So the retired Pope will live in the Vatican, neighbour to the new Pope. Best new sitcom premise ever?”

And with that, a Twitter parlour game began.

#papalsitcoms

Suggested titles for a sitcom starring the pop

Storified by Toby Manhire· Thu, Feb 14 2013 23:29:49