Comments on: Pope Tart http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:55:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12857 Kim Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:35:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12857 Saints on pastries, meh. Give me the <a href="http://soundingfurious.blogspot.com/2006/02/anatomically-correct-carrot-on-ebay.html" rel="nofollow">anatomically correct carrot</a> any day. Saints on pastries, meh. Give me the anatomically correct carrot any day.

]]> By: Troy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12858 Troy Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:16:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12858 Sorry about the misunderstanding about the Lenin spot being mildew, I guess I was just thinking you're such a fun-guy. Sorry about the misunderstanding about the Lenin spot being mildew, I guess I was just thinking you’re such a fun-guy.

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12860 The Bad Astronomer Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:16:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12860 Folks, I would appreciate it if we could keep the discourse to a slightly higher level. Kids read this, and it goes into schools. Folks, I would appreciate it if we could keep the discourse to a slightly higher level. Kids read this, and it goes into schools.

]]> By: Ray Gray http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12859 Ray Gray Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:53:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12859 @^#&$^&*&*&^ &**&*((*#*(*&$ &*&*&@))))!&*}$())()()$)% %%%#^%^%@ If you drink a bottle of wine--- fast--- you might see a s--- face above! @^#&$^&*&*&^
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If you drink a bottle of wine— fast— you might see a s— face above!

]]> By: Jeff http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12861 Jeff Sun, 19 Mar 2006 15:10:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12861 I just had a BM That looked like W! I just had a BM That looked like W!

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12866 The Bad Astronomer Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:00:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12866 In Clearwater, the stain was from a sprinkler system. Randi has the story on his site, if you search there. In Clearwater, the stain was from a sprinkler system. Randi has the story on his site, if you search there.

]]> By: Tiki Fire http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12872 Tiki Fire Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:02:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12872 Hey Hale bopp, I lived in Tampa when that stain was a big deal, some church bought the bank building and then a kid took a slingshot and shot out the top window...the stain was caused by the sun going around a palm tree that sat in front of the window for years, coupled with the florida humidity. Funny thing was that no one noticed the stain until the tree was removed. Go figure. Hey Hale bopp, I lived in Tampa when that stain was a big deal, some church bought the bank building and then a kid took a slingshot and shot out the top window…the stain was caused by the sun going around a palm tree that sat in front of the window for years, coupled with the florida humidity. Funny thing was that no one noticed the stain until the tree was removed. Go figure.

]]> By: Tonkyboy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12877 Tonkyboy Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:06:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12877 I've got a picture of Mother Theresa that looks just like a pop tart...... I’ve got a picture of Mother Theresa that looks just like a pop tart……

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12876 The Bad Astronomer Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:27:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12876 Troy, I don't have mildew stains in my shower, thankyouverymuch. It was a water spot. Troy, I don’t have mildew stains in my shower, thankyouverymuch. It was a water spot.

]]> By: Elwood Herring http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12875 Elwood Herring Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:14:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12875 When I was a teenager my face looked exactly like a pop tart... When I was a teenager my face looked exactly like a pop tart…

]]> By: Aerik http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12874 Aerik Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:09:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12874 The link to the article doesn't load! I want to download the .pdf but nothing happens. The link to the article doesn’t load! I want to download the .pdf but nothing happens.

]]> By: Melusine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12873 Melusine Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:35:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12873 <i>Blake Stacey wrote: And I still say that these colliding galaxies in Stephan’s Quintet are smiling. </i> Lol! The ubiquitous 60s Happy Face is all over space - on Mars, in galaxies...Given its <a href="http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=2840" rel="nofollow">origin</a>, is the universe saying, "Don't worry be happy?" [cue in theremin music] Blake Stacey wrote:
And I still say that these colliding galaxies in Stephan’s Quintet are smiling.

Lol! The ubiquitous 60s Happy Face is all over space – on Mars, in galaxies…Given its origin, is the universe saying, “Don’t worry be happy?”

[cue in theremin music]

]]> By: Blake Stacey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12871 Blake Stacey Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:32:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12871 Apollonius Christ! If I had claimed to see a few faces in Pop-Tarts instead of just <i>eating</i> them, I could have paid for college and been healthier, too. And I still say that <a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02587" rel="nofollow"> these colliding galaxies in Stephan's Quintet</a> are smiling. Apollonius Christ! If I had claimed to see a few faces in Pop-Tarts instead of just eating them, I could have paid for college and been healthier, too.

And I still say that these colliding galaxies in Stephan’s Quintet are smiling.

]]> By: Troy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12870 Troy Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:35:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12870 It is fascinating how well evolved facial recognition is in humans that we can see virgins in waterstains, faces on the moon, and Lenins in mildew stains. As a highly visual animal and a social species it is a highly selected trait. Sometimes it is the viewer not that which is viewed that creates an image. It is fascinating how well evolved facial recognition is in humans that we can see virgins in waterstains, faces on the moon, and Lenins in mildew stains. As a highly visual animal and a social species it is a highly selected trait. Sometimes it is the viewer not that which is viewed that creates an image.

]]> By: SFwriter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12869 SFwriter Sat, 18 Mar 2006 08:30:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12869 I think that sandwich bears an remarkably uncanny resemblance to... a sandwich... I think that sandwich bears an remarkably uncanny resemblance to… a sandwich…

]]> By: hale_bopp http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12868 hale_bopp Sat, 18 Mar 2006 05:55:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12868 I lived just south of Clearwater when the Virgin Mary was on that former bank building. They had chairs and a stage set up there and were holding services. Rob I lived just south of Clearwater when the Virgin Mary was on that former bank building. They had chairs and a stage set up there and were holding services.

Rob

]]> By: Richard Saunders http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12867 Richard Saunders Sat, 18 Mar 2006 05:20:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12867 Karen is one of the better writers for 'the Skeptic'. You can download most of the issues, going back 25 years, at: http://www.skeptics.com.au/journal/journal.htm Karen is one of the better writers for ‘the Skeptic’. You can download most of the issues, going back 25 years, at:

http://www.skeptics.com.au/journal/journal.htm

]]> By: Delance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12865 Delance Sat, 18 Mar 2006 02:54:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12865 People should have better things to do than try to look at signs where there are none. But I think that's an universal human trait that won't go away. In the end, everyone is a slightly more sane version of John Nash on that movie. People should have better things to do than try to look at signs where there are none. But I think that’s an universal human trait that won’t go away. In the end, everyone is a slightly more sane version of John Nash on that movie.

]]> By: Linda K http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12864 Linda K Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:42:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12864 Even weirder... if you step back from your monitor... the eyes follow you around the room. Even weirder… if you step back from your monitor… the eyes follow you around the room.

]]> By: Christian Burnham http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12863 Christian Burnham Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:52:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12863 Yeah, I don't know if you've noticed, but if you look really really close at that piece of toast, you can just make out what looks like two eyes, and maybe a mouth. Yeah, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but if you look really really close at that piece of toast, you can just make out what looks like two eyes, and maybe a mouth.

]]> By: Jesse http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/comment-page-1/#comment-12862 Jesse Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:19:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/pope-tart/#comment-12862 That is an uncany resemblence on that sandwhich. Wow. That is an uncany resemblence on that sandwhich.

Wow.

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