Comments on: Bismillach, no! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/19/bismillach-no/ 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. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:38:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: knobody http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/19/bismillach-no/#comment-60182 knobody Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:47:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/19/bismillach-no/#comment-60182 jim: hawsome rendition. thanks. ba: we introduced our 6 year old to queen this year and he loves them as well. bohemian rhapsody, not so much. but we will rock you can be listened to over and over and over. of course, nothing matches rush. rush rocks so hard we had to take the short person to see rush live in concert last summer (with proper hearing protection). jim: hawsome rendition. thanks.

ba: we introduced our 6 year old to queen this year and he loves them as well. bohemian rhapsody, not so much. but we will rock you can be listened to over and over and over.

of course, nothing matches rush. rush rocks so hard we had to take the short person to see rush live in concert last summer (with proper hearing protection).

]]> By: Jim Ortner http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/19/bismillach-no/#comment-60181 Jim Ortner Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:21:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/19/bismillach-no/#comment-60181 Jack, Thanks! Jim Jack,

Thanks!

Jim

]]> By: JackC http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/19/bismillach-no/#comment-60180 JackC Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:44:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/19/bismillach-no/#comment-60180 @Jim Ortner, man, that clip is awesome. I second Phil's comment! JC @Jim Ortner, man, that clip is awesome. I second Phil’s comment!

JC

]]> By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/19/bismillach-no/#comment-60179 StevoR Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:36:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/19/bismillach-no/#comment-60179 Cheers! Thanks for that BA. My previous idea was that Bismallah, like Beelzebub, was the name of a medieval demon ... ...Of course to past (& still some modern?) Christians I guess it might as well be .. Sigh. Great song. One of my personal faves. Plus I learnt what /who Scaramouche was here too - Excellent! Cheers!

Thanks for that BA.

My previous idea was that Bismallah, like Beelzebub, was the name of a medieval demon …

…Of course to past (& still some modern?) Christians I guess it might as well be .. Sigh.

Great song. One of my personal faves.

Plus I learnt what /who Scaramouche was here too - Excellent!

]]> By: nate http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/19/bismillach-no/#comment-60178 nate Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:04:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/19/bismillach-no/#comment-60178 '39 is my favorite Queen song! As far as I can remember, Mercury had claimed the Bismillah was a nonsense word. Considering how well it fits and how those guys were all pretty smart for rockers, I've never been convinced that it was not intentional. ‘39 is my favorite Queen song!

As far as I can remember, Mercury had claimed the Bismillah was a nonsense word. Considering how well it fits and how those guys were all pretty smart for rockers, I’ve never been convinced that it was not intentional.

]]> By: Steven Doyle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/19/bismillach-no/#comment-60175 Steven Doyle Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:12:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/19/bismillach-no/#comment-60175 Brian May wrote "'39", one of the very few rock songs about interstellar travel and time dilation. Lovely little song, too. Brian May wrote “‘39″, one of the very few rock songs about interstellar travel and time dilation. Lovely little song, too.

]]> By: Richard C. Hoagland http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/19/bismillach-no/#comment-60177 Richard C. Hoagland Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:50:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/19/bismillach-no/#comment-60177 No, actually Jeff, Queen DID indeed exist. But this will ABSOLUTELY ASTOUND you. I predicted Queen with my HYPERDIMENSIONAL physics model. Now if you are to lace the Album that Bohemian Rhapsody is on, directly in front of you, but 19.5 degrees to the left or right of center, what do we find? A clear correlation between this Album and the Face on Mars. This CLEARLY indicates to me that the Face is actually a statue of Freddie Mercury, thus proving, that Queen are from Mars. No, actually Jeff, Queen DID indeed exist. But this will ABSOLUTELY ASTOUND you. I predicted Queen with my HYPERDIMENSIONAL physics model. Now if you are to lace the Album that Bohemian Rhapsody is on, directly in front of you, but 19.5 degrees to the left or right of center, what do we find? A clear correlation between this Album and the Face on Mars. This CLEARLY indicates to me that the Face is actually a statue of Freddie Mercury, thus proving, that Queen are from Mars.

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