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.
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May 23rd, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Bad Gastronomy
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:05 pm
May his noodly appendage fall upon you!
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:50 pm
All hail the FSM! :o)
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:52 pm
It took me a while to get that pasta crack.
May 23rd, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Why “Bad Pastronomy?” Wouldn’t it be cooked long enough?
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Kevin, this isn’t the place for your half-baked ideas. =)
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.
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!
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:13 pm
“I may rename this site to Bad Pastronomy”
*Falls over like an anime character*
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
May 24th, 2007 at 2:54 am
It would have to be “Bad Pastaronomy” Otherwise, we’re talking old deli sandwiches.
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
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!
May 24th, 2007 at 6:39 am
I’ll take a Pastronomy on Rye please. Hold the mayo.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:29 am
I just had to put Penne to paper & point out I enjoyed reading this
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.
May 24th, 2007 at 9:59 am
Careful there, Quiet_Desperation…some people might mistake your entry as being anti-pasta.
May 24th, 2007 at 11:19 am
It has spread! Now we have pasta puns to go with the rock puns from the forum.
May 24th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
the Thunderbirds
Shouldn’t that be International Rescue?
nitpicking J/P=?
May 24th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Don’t you mean Internation Al Fresco?
Michael Angelo
May 25th, 2007 at 3:47 am
These puns are a real pesto… too many of them are pasta their sell by date!
May 25th, 2007 at 3:51 am
P.S. I’m still laughing at that last one, Jess Tauber
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!
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!
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?
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!