Comments on: Grapeidolia, part II http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/ 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. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:14:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ZZMike http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-116131 ZZMike Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:21:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-116131 Old stuff. I remember Father Guido Sarducci running the "Find the Pope in the Pizza" series some years ago. Old stuff. I remember Father Guido Sarducci running the “Find the Pope in the Pizza” series some years ago.

]]> By: Larian LeQuella http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-116107 Larian LeQuella Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:04:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-116107 Why can't I find stuff like this? I'd make a fortune on eBay! You know what they say about fools and money, and the types that go for this surely are fools! Why can’t I find stuff like this? I’d make a fortune on eBay! You know what they say about fools and money, and the types that go for this surely are fools!

]]> By: Harold http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-116084 Harold Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:47:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-116084 "Nonbelievers! Heretics! <i>LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO MY LI'L FRIEND!"</i> ...or it could be Scarface wearing a dress. Though I think it looks like a woman in a 15th-century Florentine dress carrying a baked ham on a serving board. “Nonbelievers! Heretics! LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO MY LI’L FRIEND!”

…or it could be Scarface wearing a dress.

Though I think it looks like a woman in a 15th-century Florentine dress carrying a baked ham on a serving board.

]]> By: skeptigator http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-116032 skeptigator Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:30:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-116032 It looks like Mary is holding a rifle or one of those insect sprayers from Tom and Jerry cartoons... or a vacuum cleaner if she knows what's good for her. It looks like Mary is holding a rifle or one of those insect sprayers from Tom and Jerry cartoons… or a vacuum cleaner if she knows what’s good for her.

]]> By: David Fox http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115976 David Fox Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:28:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115976 Please wake me up when someone sees the prophet mohammed on a pork chop. Please wake me up when someone sees the prophet mohammed on a pork chop.

]]> By: spyderkl http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115975 spyderkl Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:27:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115975 Is there something wrong with me, or is that the Sun-Maid raisin lady on there? Is there something wrong with me, or is that the Sun-Maid raisin lady on there?

]]> By: TR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115969 TR Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:29:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115969 Take a gander at this! http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/9/6/f_JesusDogButm_69f5e6c.jpg&srv=img26 Take a gander at this!

http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/9/6/f_JesusDogButm_69f5e6c.jpg&srv=img26

]]> By: dionysus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115948 dionysus Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:02:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115948 Perhaps this symbolizes the reuniting of Christianity and the pagan g0ds. Mary and Bacchus, together again after 2000 years. Perhaps this symbolizes the reuniting of Christianity and the pagan g0ds.
Mary and Bacchus, together again after 2000 years.

]]> By: dionysus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115947 dionysus Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:01:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115947 Perhaps this symbolizes the reuniting of Christianity and the pagan g0ds Mary and Bacchus together again after 2000 years. Perhaps this symbolizes the reuniting of Christianity and the pagan g0ds
Mary and Bacchus together again after 2000 years.

]]> By: Amanda http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115946 Amanda Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:00:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115946 Hooray for The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/evolutionists_flock_to_darwin Hooray for The Onion:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/evolutionists_flock_to_darwin

]]> By: Wendy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115945 Wendy Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:00:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115945 Looks like Ted Nugent to me! Looks like Ted Nugent to me!

]]> By: rob http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115944 rob Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:26:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115944 it does look like v.m. i also have a( naturally occurring)v.m. it happened right before my eyes! i have pictures and would love to share them. i dont know how to post them here,but can e-mail them. contact me for the picts, and short story at rfbinlv@hotmail.com subject virgin mary thanks rob it does look like v.m. i also have a( naturally occurring)v.m. it happened right before my eyes! i have pictures and would love to share them. i dont know how to post them here,but can e-mail them. contact me for the picts, and short story at rfbinlv@hotmail.com subject virgin mary thanks rob

]]> By: madge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115943 madge Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:58:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115943 Completely OT but Rosetta has sent back some great shots of asteroid Steins including anaglyphs and a flyby animation. To to ESA portal or the Rosetta blog for more :) Completely OT but Rosetta has sent back some great shots of asteroid Steins including anaglyphs and a flyby animation. To to ESA portal or the Rosetta blog for more
:)

]]> By: Wes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115942 Wes Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:49:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115942 Speaking of seeing shapes where there are none, get a load of this BS: http://www.wsmv.com/video/17405222/index.html http://www.wsmv.com/news/17405066/detail.html#- Speaking of seeing shapes where there are none, get a load of this BS:

http://www.wsmv.com/video/17405222/index.html
http://www.wsmv.com/news/17405066/detail.html#-

]]> By: Peter Backus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115941 Peter Backus Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:30:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115941 When I went to the page, instead of Lane Bryant it had an ad for Wholly Guacamole. Targeted advertising? When I went to the page, instead of Lane Bryant it had an ad for Wholly Guacamole. Targeted advertising?

]]> By: TR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115939 TR Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:26:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115939 I'm with King Aardvark. I don't see any humor or irony in the juxtaposition of the two images. I guess there is an odd sort of symmetry to the two postures, but I don't see anyone "conveying an image". Is the Lane Bryant company perticularly religious or anti-religious, or am I just supposed to be amused by the proximity of a rubenesque woman to a food item? I’m with King Aardvark. I don’t see any humor or irony in the juxtaposition of the two images. I guess there is an odd sort of symmetry to the two postures, but I don’t see anyone “conveying an image”. Is the Lane Bryant company perticularly religious or anti-religious, or am I just supposed to be amused by the proximity of a rubenesque woman to a food item?

]]> By: Ragutis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115932 Ragutis Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:36:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115932 <blockquote># fluffy Says: September 5th, 2008 at 5:39 pm So, you could say this is an example of bad gastronomy, yes? </blockquote> Send that dude a copy of your book, Phil. That's pure WIN.

# fluffy Says:
September 5th, 2008 at 5:39 pm

So, you could say this is an example of bad gastronomy, yes?

Send that dude a copy of your book, Phil. That’s pure WIN.

]]> By: Lars http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115931 Lars Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:57:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115931 Gandalf, Mary and Obi-Wan are secretly the same person. Here portrayed in grape. Just like modern cars; you first pick the model, then you choose the brand. Gandalf, Mary and Obi-Wan are secretly the same person. Here portrayed in grape. Just like modern cars; you first pick the model, then you choose the brand.

]]> By: IMForeman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115925 IMForeman Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:41:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115925 I see a Krayt Dragon... oh, no wait... it's just an old man! He startled me! Return in greater numbers! I see a Krayt Dragon… oh, no wait… it’s just an old man! He startled me! Return in greater numbers!

]]> By: Robin/Heather http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115924 Robin/Heather Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:26:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115924 We say it looks like "she" is playing the violin. We say it looks like “she” is playing the violin.

]]> By: Gemini http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115923 Gemini Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:14:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115923 I see Mary packing a 12 Gauge. I see Mary packing a 12 Gauge.

]]> By: The Chemist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115921 The Chemist Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:49:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115921 @ Fluffy, Oh no you didn't @ Fluffy,

Oh no you didn’t

]]> By: ad http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115917 ad Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:22:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115917 Is it something to do with her sitting with legs apart? Is it something to do with her sitting with legs apart?

]]> By: Harknights http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115916 Harknights Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:23:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115916 I see Mary playing the guitar. I see Mary playing the guitar.

]]> By: Neil http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115914 Neil Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:54:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/05/grapeidolia-part-ii/#comment-115914 I can't tell...it's either Gandalf or the zig-zag man. I can’t tell…it’s either Gandalf or the zig-zag man.

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