Comments on: Spuddy Christ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/07/spuddy-christ/ 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. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:47:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: MarlowePI http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/07/spuddy-christ/#comment-86994 MarlowePI Fri, 09 May 2008 00:34:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/07/spuddy-christ/#comment-86994 <i>“If you’re sitting on the fence, theologically speaking, would a potato be what pushed you over the edge?”</i> Depends on how hard it's thrown. <i>"After all, like He Himself said, 'I yam that I yam'."</i> I swear to Oz I initially took this as primarily a Popeye reference. You know what? I'd pray to Popeye. Dude gets stuff done. “If you’re sitting on the fence, theologically speaking, would a potato be what pushed you over the edge?”

Depends on how hard it’s thrown.

“After all, like He Himself said, ‘I yam that I yam’.”

I swear to Oz I initially took this as primarily a Popeye reference. You know what? I’d pray to Popeye. Dude gets stuff done.

]]> By: Mark Hansen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/07/spuddy-christ/#comment-86993 Mark Hansen Thu, 08 May 2008 21:43:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/07/spuddy-christ/#comment-86993 Malcolm, if I understand you correctly, you <i>could deliberately produce any amount of these "holy" tubers through bad growing practice? And the only variation would be the internal shape? Methinks there is a chance to start my own cult in my own backyard...</i> Malcolm, if I understand you correctly, you could deliberately produce any amount of these “holy” tubers through bad growing practice? And the only variation would be the internal shape?

Methinks there is a chance to start my own cult in my own backyard…

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/07/spuddy-christ/#comment-86992 Gary Ansorge Thu, 08 May 2008 15:29:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/07/spuddy-christ/#comment-86992 " I yam , that I yam,,," ,,,and I suppose he smokes a pipe and eats lots of spinach??? Hmmm, sounds a bit like me,,, GAry 7 ” I yam , that I yam,,,”

,,,and I suppose he smokes a pipe and eats lots of spinach???
Hmmm, sounds a bit like me,,,

GAry 7

]]> By: Dedrick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/07/spuddy-christ/#comment-86991 Dedrick Thu, 08 May 2008 14:58:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/07/spuddy-christ/#comment-86991 "I yam that I yam". *headdesk* “I yam that I yam”.

*headdesk*

]]> By: Fil http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/07/spuddy-christ/#comment-86990 Fil Thu, 08 May 2008 13:01:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/07/spuddy-christ/#comment-86990 "They prayed over a tuber." ? I tried it...didn't help! “They prayed over a tuber.” ? I tried it…didn’t help!

]]> By: Subtire http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/07/spuddy-christ/#comment-86989 Subtire Thu, 08 May 2008 11:27:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/07/spuddy-christ/#comment-86989 Oh, damn, we all gonna go to hell after this one :)) Oh, damn, we all gonna go to hell after this one :))

]]> By: Victor Bogado http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/07/spuddy-christ/#comment-86988 Victor Bogado Thu, 08 May 2008 10:14:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/07/spuddy-christ/#comment-86988 This is clearly the flying spaghetti monster mocking foolish people carving food and stuff. It is an extra-dimensional joke. This is clearly the flying spaghetti monster mocking foolish people carving food and stuff. It is an extra-dimensional joke.

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