DISCOVER Magazine. Science, Technology and The Future
Current Issue
Subscribe Today »
  • Renew
  • Give a Gift
  • Archives
  • Customer Service
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Newsletter
  • Health & Medicine
  • Mind & Brain
  • Technology
  • Space
  • Human Origins
  • Living World
  • Environment
  • Physics & Math
  • Video
  • Photos
  • Podcast
  • RSS
Bad Astronomy
« Angela Gunn gets it
Everything bigger than 200 miles »

Linked by His Noodliness

Last week I linked to some new NASA images of the Exploration vehicles, and commented how one looks like the Flying Spaghetti Monster… and now that post is linked from the FSM main page!

Yea, verily, I am truly blessed. I may rename this site to Bad Pastronomy.

Share

May 23rd, 2007 11:50 AM by Phil Plait in About this blog, Humor | 26 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

26 Responses to “Linked by His Noodliness”

  1. 1.   Thomas Siefert Says:
    May 23rd, 2007 at 12:00 pm

    Bad Gastronomy

  2. 2.   Kurt Says:
    May 23rd, 2007 at 12:05 pm

    May his noodly appendage fall upon you!

  3. 3.   Ruth Says:
    May 23rd, 2007 at 12:50 pm

    All hail the FSM! :o )

  4. 4.   Crux Australis Says:
    May 23rd, 2007 at 12:52 pm

    It took me a while to get that pasta crack.

  5. 5.   Kevin Says:
    May 23rd, 2007 at 1:26 pm

    Why “Bad Pastronomy?” Wouldn’t it be cooked long enough? :)

  6. 6.   Tyler Says:
    May 23rd, 2007 at 3:12 pm

    Kevin, this isn’t the place for your half-baked ideas. =)

  7. 7.   Seamyst Says:
    May 23rd, 2007 at 4:05 pm

    All hail His Noodlyness! May His noodly appendage touch and bless you, Bad Pastronomer. In His name. Ramen.

  8. 8.   OneHotJupiter Says:
    May 23rd, 2007 at 8:29 pm

    Man , I just got done laughing for about five minutes straight from this one!

    I love this site , I love the B.A. , and I 100% LOVE the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

  9. 9.   zeb Says:
    May 23rd, 2007 at 11:13 pm

    “I may rename this site to Bad Pastronomy”

    *Falls over like an anime character*

  10. 10.   Jess Tauber Says:
    May 24th, 2007 at 1:40 am

    I’m familiar with Bad Pastrami. Some of us, however, are more at being Hams. Won’t go further (this is, after all, a Delicat subject). What was that you said about the Soup Nazi? Something about Counter-Terrorism???

    Jess Tauber

  11. 11.   The barber of civility Says:
    May 24th, 2007 at 2:54 am

    It would have to be “Bad Pastaronomy” Otherwise, we’re talking old deli sandwiches.

  12. 12.   Robin Capper Says:
    May 24th, 2007 at 4:50 am

    Although a Pastafarian I do fear for our national icon, the New Zealand Kiwi (Apteryx), after reading the FSM Gospel. I hope NASA don’t try the Kiwi Motivation Test….

    Save the Kiwi (Apteryx) from the Flying Spaghetti Monster Kiwi Motivation Test
    http://rcd.typepad.com/personal/2007/05/save_the_kiwi_a.html

  13. 13.   Heidi Says:
    May 24th, 2007 at 5:37 am

    “Yea, verily, I am truly blessed. I may rename this site to Bad Pastronomy.”

    Ramen, Brother BA, Ramen! :)

  14. 14.   DouglasG Says:
    May 24th, 2007 at 6:39 am

    I’ll take a Pastronomy on Rye please. Hold the mayo.

  15. 15.   Roy Batty Says:
    May 24th, 2007 at 7:29 am

    I just had to put Penne to paper & point out I enjoyed reading this :-)

  16. 16.   Quiet_Desperation Says:
    May 24th, 2007 at 7:38 am

    CERT Advisory CA-2007-42 – Massive Pun Outbreak
    Original release date: May 24, 2007
    Source: CERT/CC

    * Systems Affected

    The Bad Astronomy website at badastronomy.com.

    * Overview

    The slight resemblance of a NASA craft to the Flying Spaghetti Monster has led to a massive outbreak of bad puns. Possible infection vector scenarios have been developed by the CDC, Homeland Security, the Post Office, CTU, SHADO, CONTROL, the Thunderbirds, Tom Strong and the cast of the television show CSI: Ulan Bator. This outbreak shows a high probability of spreading to the general population and creating, in technical terms, a godawful mess.

    * Threat Rating

    9.5 on the Sphincter scale.

    * Recommended Action

    Complete nuclear immolation. It’s the only way to be sure.

  17. 17.   ABR Says:
    May 24th, 2007 at 9:59 am

    Careful there, Quiet_Desperation…some people might mistake your entry as being anti-pasta.

  18. 18.   Stuart Says:
    May 24th, 2007 at 11:19 am

    It has spread! Now we have pasta puns to go with the rock puns from the forum.

  19. 19.   John Paradox Says:
    May 24th, 2007 at 12:52 pm

    the Thunderbirds

    Shouldn’t that be International Rescue?

    nitpicking J/P=?

  20. 20.   Jess Tauber Says:
    May 24th, 2007 at 10:51 pm

    Don’t you mean Internation Al Fresco?

    Michael Angelo

  21. 21.   Roy Batty Says:
    May 25th, 2007 at 3:47 am

    These puns are a real pesto… too many of them are pasta their sell by date!

  22. 22.   Roy Batty Says:
    May 25th, 2007 at 3:51 am

    P.S. I’m still laughing at that last one, Jess Tauber :-)

  23. 23.   Quiet_Desperation Says:
    May 25th, 2007 at 10:40 am

    >>> Shouldn’t that be International Rescue?

    Hey, just trying to pasta time away.

    >>> Careful there, Quiet_Desperation…some people might mistake
    >>> your entry as being anti-pasta.

    I guess I’ll wind up in Al Dente’s Inferno, then.

    And…

    AAAAH! I made puns! I’m infected! Help! Help!

    It can be cured if treated early.

    Orzo they say.

    …

    AAAAAAAH!

  24. 24.   Luke Says:
    May 27th, 2007 at 7:22 pm

    Did you see Emily’s recent post on the trailing face of Titan? It’s looking noodly too!

  25. 25.   ABR Says:
    May 27th, 2007 at 8:18 pm

    Quiet_Desperation…Punnitry isn’t curable. Once you’ve punned, there’s no going back.

    Al Dente’s Inferno sounds interesting. I bet they cook up a lot of interesting dishes there with their famous hell-roasted tomatoes. Although given some of the clientele, I wonder if they use garlic?

    By the way, I’m really interested in seeing this CSI: Ulan Bator show you mentioned. I’ve never heard of it, but I would think there would be hordes of fans….or did I take a steppe out of line with that remark?

  26. 26.   Marzia Says:
    May 29th, 2007 at 1:21 am

    You can’t understand how impossible would be this irony here in Vatican…whooops, I mean in Italy.
    This blog is a puff of fresh air!

Leave a Reply





    • About Bad Astronomy


      Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on astronomy education, he struck out on his own as a writer. He's written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic and fights the abuse of science, but his true love is praising the wonders of real science.


      The original BA site (with the Moon Hoax debunking, movie reviews, and all that) can be found here.


      Contact me: The Bad Astronomer "at" gmail "dot" com


       
      Keep Libel Laws out of Science
       
       Bad Astronomy was chosen as one of Time.com's Best Blogs of 2009.


    • Science Getaways


      Science Getaways: Vacation with your brain!


    • Subscribe to BA


      Subscribe to Bad Astronomy using RSS! RSS feed button


    • Death from the Skies!


      Order a copy of Death from the Skies! from Amazon, or Barnes and Noble.

      "If things worked the way I wanted them to, any reporter about to do another 'sensational' story on deadly meteors would consult this volume, and bang! common sense would find its way into the news. How strange would that world be?"
      -- Adam Savage, Mythbusters


      "Reading this book is like getting punched in the face by Carl Sagan. Frightening, but oddly exhilarating."
      -- Daniel H. Wilson, author of How to Survive a Robot Uprising


    • Recent Posts

      • A dying star with the wind in its hair
      • Maiden flight for ESA’s Vega rocket tonight
      • Another interactive way to scale the Universe
      • An ear to the ocean
      • The staring eye of a crescent moon
    • Social/Networking/Cool Stuff


      Google+


       Twitter




       Facebook


    • Post Categories

    • Archives

    • Blogroll

      • Bad Astronomy (old site)
      • Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum
      • BAFacts Archive
      • Commenting Policy
      • Computer Support
      • Contact Information
      • DM: 80 Beats
      • DM: Cosmic Variance
      • DM: Discoblog
      • DM: Gene Expression
      • DM: NERS
      • DM: Science Not Fiction
      • DM: The Intersection
      • DM: The Loom
      • James Randi Educational Foundation
      • My use of the word "denier"
      • Planetary Society Blog
      • Politics and Religion posts
      • Press Kit
      • Q&BA Archive
      • The Antivax Bible
      • Universe Today
    • RSS DISCOVERmagazine.com: Latest Articles on Space

      • A dying star with the wind in its hair | Bad Astronomy
      • Maiden flight for ESA’s Vega rocket tonight | Bad Astronomy
      • Another interactive way to scale the Universe | Bad Astronomy
      • The staring eye of a crescent moon | Bad Astronomy
      • When the Moon hits your apse in a way-cool time lapse | Bad Astronomy
    • RSS DISCOVER Blogs: The Loom

      • A Planet of Viruses: Autographed Book Sale
      • Animal Friendships: My cover story for Time magazine
      • The Future of E-books–podcast of my interview on Wisconsin Public Radio
      • Thursday, February 16: Science and social media panel in New York
      • A Scientific Jonah: My profile of Joy Reidenberg in tomorrow’s New York Times


  • Kalmbach Publishing Co.

    Copyright © 2012, Kalmbach Publishing Co.

    Privacy - Terms - Reader Services - Subscribe Today - Advertise - About Us