This picture (click to embiggen) is a still from the video of my presentation at TAM 6 in las Vegas in June. I was pretty excited during my talk — I usually get fairly fired up when I talk — but I don’t remember what I was talking about at this exact moment.
Wanna venture a guess? Enter your caption in the comments below! The winner receives… nothing. Accolades of other BABloggees, I suppose, which is priceless. Literally.
And please, keep it clean.
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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 has written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic, and fights misuses of science as well as praising the wonder of real science.
Contact me: The Bad Astronomer "at" gmail "dot" com
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September 17th, 2008 at 9:02 am
“What??? McCain won??”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:03 am
“No kiddin’! The black hole made by the LHC was THIS BIG! You shoulda seen it!”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:03 am
“Penn! Put your shirt back on!”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Mahoney!!!
Yeah, obscure reference, I know.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:11 am
You guys! Baldigger’s Brand Head Wax is the BEST!
September 17th, 2008 at 9:13 am
OMG Wil Wheaton! At MY Talk.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:13 am
We don’t know anything!
September 17th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Skeptic Phil Plait was later embarassed to find out his arms should have been fully extended and head tilted slightly back when imitating the “I, Skeptic” logo.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:15 am
“OMG! Squeee!”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Oh, my God! A creationist.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Dr. Phil Plait, winner of the I, Skeptic belching contest.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:17 am
“Oh Noes! Captain BA has been hit by Dr Horribles freeze ray!”
Richard – you took my police academy quote. Good one though.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:18 am
“… and perhaps now we can take a short break, and maybe a cigarette…”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:18 am
…and THAT is why I believe Steve Guttenberg is the most underrated actor of his generation.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:19 am
“It’s pronounced REHHHH-golith, dagnabbit!”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:20 am
“But wait there’s more! Order your LHC now and get a free set of ginsu knives!”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:20 am
“…. get it? It’s funny because ducks don’t wear pants! heh heh.. pants….”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:20 am
“I don’t believe it!”
Should make sense to anyone who’s seen the BBC sitcom One Foot In The Grave.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Supercollider? I hardly know her!
September 17th, 2008 at 9:21 am
“Pi is exactly 3!”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:22 am
I once saw a telescope, this big
September 17th, 2008 at 9:24 am
“Who stole my GIANT marshmallow of Science?”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:26 am
KHHAAAAAAANNNNN!!!!!
September 17th, 2008 at 9:26 am
And– so the blonde says to the Neutrino. . .
September 17th, 2008 at 9:26 am
I think the photo was taken just after you were hit by the same lasers that killed the guy on the poster. So I guess my caption would be something like “Aaaaaaaaaaargh”.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:30 am
I…I…I…Forgot what I was gonna say.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Phil was a bit surprised when the IAU declared Pluto to be “a bowl of tapioca pudding”.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:31 am
The sky is falling!!!! RUN!!
September 17th, 2008 at 9:33 am
“And then Randi pulled out HIS skepticism, and it was this big!”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:33 am
“The Aristocrats!”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:33 am
“Agh! A ghost!!! …Made you look.”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Phil Plait quoted: “Some 14.7 billion years ago; the entire universe was THIS large!”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:39 am
After realizing that asteroid 1997 XF11 actually will destroy the Earth in 2028, Phill Plait comments, “We’re all gonna die! Everybody panic!”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:39 am
While running for president of JREF, Phil does his best Howard Dean impersonation.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Speaker Phil Plait’s reaction when God appeared in the audience, starting to smite all disbelievers and sinners. Soon afterwards, the entire city was empty.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:41 am
“No one quite understood Dr. Phil Plait’s comparison of Homeopathy to a watermelon, however.”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:45 am
So I says, “Debunker?? I don’t even know ‘er!”
I captioned the photo on my flicker, btw.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:47 am
“For the last time, the Moon is not made out of cheese!”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:48 am
“I’m not kidding! Joe Rogan really believes that!”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:49 am
“Guess what…..STILL HERE!”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:49 am
“Excuse me, Dr. Plait, but your lecture has been cancelled. The Discovery Institute has bought the rights to “The Amaz!ng Meeting” and has replaced all events with videos of Michael Behe, Ken Ham, and Kent Hovind.”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:50 am
It all turned out to be a misunderstanding of the phrase “high-speed probe to Uranus”.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:50 am
… and the entire Earth was enveloped in this amazing gamma ray burst!
September 17th, 2008 at 9:50 am
“Do you want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?”
“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:52 am
It’s true! The moon landing WAS a hoax! HA! you suckers fell for it! The cake is a LIE!
September 17th, 2008 at 9:54 am
“I was introduced by who?!?”
“What did Penn say about education?!?”
Suddenly, Dr. Plait realized that there was a mixup, and it wasn’t a meeting of the North American Marlon Brando Look-Alikes he was speaking at…
September 17th, 2008 at 9:55 am
“…and so that’s why the Tardis’ doors had to be embiggened by this much for David Tennant.”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Steven Gutenberg, the man who made Police Academy 1-4 enjoyable. I saw #5 in the theater and actually cringed when I discovered that he wasn’t in it.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:56 am
“Astronomer Dr. Phil Plait reacts to the news that Dr. Richard C. Hoagland will be the keynote speaker at TAM7″
September 17th, 2008 at 9:57 am
“I can haz vaxxx?!”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Is it possible to view the video of this presentation somewhere? (not a very confusing caption, but a question)
September 17th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Phil Plait’s reaction to being the target of a DEA sting: “STARDUST is not a drug!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Gahg!! They served us gagh!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:03 am
And then the aliens experimented on my ….nether regions!!!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:04 am
“MYYEEEERRRS!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:06 am
‘And I did it with a baseline interferometry of only this big !’
September 17th, 2008 at 10:07 am
“OMG it’s Adam Savage!!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:08 am
No, seriously, when I first met PZ he had an ego this big and now look at it!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:10 am
I can’t think of a caption. I’m too distressed that someone stole your soul with one of those newfangled daguerreotype machines.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:12 am
I am SO full of myself!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Steve wins.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:14 am
“And I am haaAAAAaappy to see so maaaAAAny wonderful, wonderFUL peeeeeeeoooOOOOOple here. TOnight.”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:14 am
“And did I tell you all that I have a book coming out?… it’s called DEATH from the skies. DEATH. From the SKIES.”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Respected Astronomer Dr. Plait entertains the crowd with an early preview of “Bad Astronomy – The Musical”.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:18 am
“Can you believe it? Richard Hoagland was right! It is a FACE!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:19 am
“KHAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!!!!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:19 am
“I can’t believe all you guys showed up!… but I sort of do that. That’s who I am.”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:19 am
The Bad Astronomer’s nightmare was suddenly all too real: Fully clothed up on the speaker’s podium at a nudist conference….
September 17th, 2008 at 10:20 am
“But then Joe Rogan pointed out the C on the rock meant it was really a prop. It’s all so obvious now. I can’t believe I’ve wasted my life!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:20 am
You were just thinking no one was going to ask if the moon landing was faked. But then, sure enough….
September 17th, 2008 at 10:20 am
I CAN’T believe it’s not butter!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Dr. Phil Plait appears shocked and alarmed as a minature black hole formed by the LHC swallows his trousers.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:24 am
“TA-DAAA!!
…
Randi! You said there’d be a rabbit?!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Dr. Phil Plait was shocked when he heard that the Plutonians were telling every extraterrestrial civilization in the galaxy that “Earth” meant “dirt” in retaliation for the Earthlings’ demotion of Pluto to “minor planet”.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:27 am
“FANTASTIC!!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Phil Plait reacts to the news that Guillermo Gonzalez has been appointed Science Adviser to the President!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:27 am
JAZZ HANDS!!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:28 am
“So in conclusion, if WR104 is less than 10,000 years from exploding and if it blows up as a GRB and if it’s aimed at us and if there isn’t much junk between us and it, then THIS will be the official NASA facial expression to adopt.”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:30 am
“Rose is ALIVE???!!!!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Joe Rogan’s got a gun!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Phil reacts when he hears that President Bush is stepping down.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:31 am
“That Quiet Desperation guy is a genius! Total genius!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:31 am
“…and that’s why the univDAVID TENNANT!!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:34 am
“This lectern looks delicious! OM NOM NOM NOM!!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:36 am
“…The Aristocrats!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:36 am
“So then the galaxy says to the GRB, ‘Hey, that’s no dark matter!’”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:37 am
WoW! I was THIS close to Wil Wheaton,,,
GAry 7
September 17th, 2008 at 10:37 am
We’re no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment’s what I’m thinking of
You wouldn’t get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I’m feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We’ve know each other for so long
Your heart’s been aching
But you’re too shy to say it
Inside we both know what’s been going on
We know the game and we’re gonna play it
And if you ask me how I’m feeling
Don’t tell me you’re too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
give you up. give you up
give you up, give you up
never gonna give
never gonna give, give you up
never gonna give
never gonna give, five you up
I just wanna tell you how I’m feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
September 17th, 2008 at 10:38 am
The Moon hoaxers are now pointing to the Mythbusters episode and saying “See that’s how NASA faked it”. We just can’t win!.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:38 am
You’ve just been Rick-roll’d!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:39 am
We were wrong! The strangelets are coming, the strangelets are coming!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:40 am
“Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”, exclaimed Phil as he once again started telling stories about famous people he’d met recently.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:43 am
They call it, “The Aristocrats!”
(Only kinda-sorta keeping it clean…)
September 17th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Winner!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Aww, crap. TheMatt beat me to it. Should have looked, first.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Mein Fuhrer! I can walk!!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:45 am
“And THEN I realized why its called a ‘clock radio!’ Its because it has BOTH!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:46 am
[...] LOLPhil He asked for it… [...]
September 17th, 2008 at 10:48 am
“Things can only get better
Can only get better
Now I’ve found you …”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:48 am
“I caught a hadron THIS LARGE”.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:49 am
“Phil smash!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:49 am
After some primitive photoshopping (I printed out the picture and hit it with a rock a few times) here are my LOLPhils.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Don’t blink. Blink and you’re dead. Don’t turn your back. Don’t look away. And don’t blink. Good Luck.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:57 am
@Michael L: That just brought back memories of the Nick Lowe song “All Men Are Liars”:
All Men, All Men are liars their words ain’t worth no more than worn out tires.
Hey Girls, bring rusty pliers to pull this tooth, all men are liars and that’s the truth.
Do you remember Rick Astley?
He had a big fat hit that was ghastly.
He said I’m never gonna give you up or let you down.
Well I’m here to tell ya that Dick’s a clown
Though he was just a boy when he made that vow.
I’d bet it all that he knows by now.
All Men, All Men are liars their words ain’t worth no more than worn out tires.
Hey Girls, bring rusty pliers to pull this tooth, all men are liars and that’s the truth.
Among god’s creatures man must be.
The most slimy and slippery now.
There stands the naked ape in a monkey suite.
Behind a little mustache he grew, the shifty brute.
All the ones not choking on the words they ate are
Sweating on getting their stories straight.
All Men, All Men are liars their words ain’t worth no more than worn out tires.
Hey Girls, bring rusty pliers to pull this tooth, all men are liars and that’s the truth.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:59 am
“I’m telling you for the last time…the answer is GOD DID IT!”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:01 am
For the last time, it’s not really Jesus in that ice cube!!!
September 17th, 2008 at 11:07 am
There is no such things as ghosts and stop calling me Horatio. Dagnamit!
September 17th, 2008 at 11:10 am
“It’s still unknown who put the midget in the pedestal or why it kicked Dr. Plait (above) in the groin.”
“OK! I believe in telekinesis! Now stop pinning me to the wall with this lecturn!”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:12 am
“Bless you” was my first thought, but I’m sure he’d rather I said “Gesundheit.”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:13 am
I bought a vowel and it was aaaarrghhh!!!!!
September 17th, 2008 at 11:17 am
“For FSMs sake! It is GAS!”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Death from the Skies! Funny you should ask that.
September 17th, 2008 at 11:20 am
“Science, it works bitches!”
(blatantly ripped off from xkcd.com)
September 17th, 2008 at 11:21 am
“I can haz JREF?!”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Phil was in the middle of a lecture debunking the existence of ghosts when he was suddenly possessed by the spirit of Jimmy Durante singing “Inka Dinka Doo”.
September 17th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Darn, this is what I get for having a Scientific Advisory Board briefing all morning. All the really good ones are taken. I must say it looks like Dr Plait just got goosed though! Hmm, here’s my attempt:
“Ive got it, but it would only work if the chickens were spherical and in a vacuum.”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:27 am
“I’ll take ‘Stupid Things People Believe In’ for 500, Alex.”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:29 am
“And so to illustrate my slide show about Asteroid 42 Isis, I will now sing the aria “Celeste Aida” by Giuseppe Verdi…”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:33 am
“Michael Horn showed me a UFO this big, and there’s no way it could’ve been made out of a trash can lid!”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:33 am
“Pluto is a WHAT?”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:39 am
“IS THAT WIL WHEATON?? SQUEEEEE”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Man am I slow. No One Of Consequence totally beat me to that.
September 17th, 2008 at 11:41 am
“Treasure… bathtub…”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:43 am
“AAAAAH! He said the secret word!”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:44 am
THERE’S A WOLVERINE INSIDE THIS PODIUM, AND HE’S LATCHED ON TO MY BELTBUCKLE!
September 17th, 2008 at 11:46 am
…anyway, the fish was this big, no lie. I wanted to keep it, but Randi made me throw it back. He later felt bad and said that if W could be a president of something, that I was at least *this much* more qualified to also be a president somewhere. And that’s how I got the job. Questions?
September 17th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Buzz0, stop asking me for a hug! STOP! This is getting SCARY!
September 17th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Whoa! I know we’re all skeptics here,
but please keep your doubts on what
i’m saying to yourselves. ok???
September 17th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Just as Phil was about to explain the unlikelyhood that the LHC would destroy the world, he realized that he had forgotten to TiVo Dr. Who, shouted something about skeptics, and sprinted from the room.
September 17th, 2008 at 11:56 am
“small hadron colider announced”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:57 am
“Science! I kill you!”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:58 am
“My God! It’s full of stars!”
September 17th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
HOAGLAND WAS RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!
September 17th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
“JESUS CHRIST!!! A LION!!!”
September 17th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I swear the ghost’s cock was THIS big.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
“You need a ‘thingy’ this big to be a member here!”
September 17th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
“Daaaaaayyyy-O!”
September 17th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
“All copies of “Death From the Skies” have been destroyed by a meteorite strike!”
September 17th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Phil Plait, immediately before being frozen in carbonite.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
You maniacs! You blew it up!
Damn you….ah, damn you all to hell!
September 17th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
While I can’t come up with anything funnier than those already posted, I was at TAM 6 and the law of averages dictates that you’re saying “We just…don’t…know” cuz you said it like a zillion times.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
“…And verily I say unto thee, believe in the God of Skeptic and never again shalt yellow javelins pierce thine torso…”
September 17th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
omg! cheezburger frum mars!
September 17th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
“It’s a KILL-o-meter, not a kill-AHHH-meter!!”
September 17th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I’m one of the knights who say NI!
O RLY?
OMG! It’s a McFlurry!
September 17th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Fa-So-La-Te-Doh
September 17th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
AHHH! Where did that space-time rift send me now!?
September 17th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
If someones has a usb cable this long we can get this thing streaming to as many as 8 viewers on the interweb!
September 17th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Thank you, you’re a lovely audience. I’m here ’til Thursday. Don’t forget to tip your waitress. Good night Peoria, drive safe.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
“How many times must I tell you Electric Universe guys? All you’ve got is GAS!!!”
September 17th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
“You like me! You really, really like me!”
September 17th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
“…and then they made me watch…. ARMAGEDDON!!!”
September 17th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
“No. Look, switch the D and the R. It’s called the Hadron collider.”
September 17th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
So then I clicked on this ad for tooth whitening…
September 17th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
I’m still laughing tears after Ticknick’s “Science! I kill you!” xD
September 17th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Teach the Controversy!!
September 17th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
“Get this…. there is this governor in Alaska who doesn’t believe in evolution. What a wacko! But don’t worry. It’s not like she is gonna be president one day…”
September 17th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
“Whoever is rubbing my back has VERY cold hands!”
September 17th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
“URECTUM! That’ll stop that stupid joke!”
(I think that’s clean.)
September 17th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Why is my comment awaiting moderation. My humor may be lame, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the post.
September 17th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
…and THEN after Lenin appeared on my shower curtain he spoke to me. He said “Phil you are absolutely correct, those are not pictures of Jesus on all those pieces of toast, that’s my brother Yuri.”
September 17th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
“…and then this creationist REALLY had a conniption!”
September 17th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Phil Plait, seen above, performing some death metal at the I, Skeptic karaoke contest.
September 17th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Look, all skeptcism aside, but it really was THIS big!
September 17th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Yeroahaaaahhhheeezihaarhh !!!!
(More or less)
September 17th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
wtfmotherfwtf!?
September 17th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Chapter 232 of my new book “Death From The Skies” is all about Space Mimes. They look like this!
September 17th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
“Seriously, using the word “embiggen” is funny!”
September 17th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
No more “Doctor Who”?????
September 17th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
I don’t think it can be typed out, but my guess is the Howard Dean scream.
September 17th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
“You just watch. Tomorrows caption post will get the most responses EVAR!”
September 17th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
BlondReb3
I believe it’s spelled: “nee-YAHHH!”
September 17th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
“So then Adam said ‘am I missing an eyebrow?’”
September 17th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
“Soylent Green is PEOPLE!!! The coleslaw at this hotel is PEOPLE!!! Death From the Skies is PEOPLE!!!”
September 17th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Kung Foo….
CHOP!
September 17th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
I think so, Brain, but where are we going to find a cream puff THIS big at this time of night?
September 17th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Wait…they just made me president of what?
September 17th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
I want a minty of science this big.
September 17th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I’ve just been PROBED!!
September 17th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Being that wide is it any wonder my face became catatonic?
September 17th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/9/17/128661639405253015.jpg
September 17th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
“Senator McCain, Can Kiss My Shiny Metal Telescope …
“Of SCIENCE!!!
What, No Funny?
September 17th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Bananas? Seriously? Bananas?!?
September 17th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
“… loving you… is easy ’cause you’re beautiful… do de do de dee do.. AH!”
September 17th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Photo taken at the ‘It’s THIS Big’ panel at the I, Skeptic conference.
And it’s a fishing reference. Trust me. No, really!!! *snicker*
September 17th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
“Because it’s science, that’s why!”
September 17th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
“Now, if John Barrowman were to give this same talk, this is how it would probably go . . .”
September 17th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
“Dr. Plaits’ reaction after he was told by NASA that they really faked the moon landing.”
September 17th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
“…for the last time, I am not going to play ‘Freebird’!”
September 17th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
“Phil’s talk was running late and everyone wanted to have lunch so Gia heroically gave him a wedgie from behind the curtain.”
Not even close, huh?
September 17th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
At that moment, as Dr. Plait began to address the gathering, he was suddenly paralyzed by his long-suppressed fear of public speaking.
September 17th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
“‘Shut up’, that’s why, O.K.? Just shut up!”
September 17th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
I guess “I, Robot” was taken.
September 17th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
It all goes back to something my grandmother told me when I was a kid. “Phil,” she said, “the big bucks are in Dick (Cheyney) and FART (Fancily Arrayed Radio Telescope) jokes.” She was a church goer.
September 17th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
I admit it…IM A REPUBLICAN
September 17th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
I had to beat off Adam Savage because he is this annoying.
September 17th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
“That PZ Meyers guy is such a nOOb!”
September 17th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
One more:
There’s this MichaelL guy from Canada. He is teh Hawt. I have such a mancrush on him!”
Ewwwww! Just Ewwwwww! Phil, did you have to reveal that!? Seriously…
September 17th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Micro black holes are this big and you can buy them 2 booths down.
September 17th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Phil realizes that he needs to don thicker undergarments while making speeches in his brand new ice pants.
September 17th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Then he stepped out and said “Klaatu Barrata Nikkto”
September 17th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
“‘…but this one is eating my popcorn!‘ Get it? No? Wait, let me demonstrate…”
September 17th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
“…and then in the second photo there’s a guy holding the bucket, and it looks like he’s feeding her fish from the bucket, but the Elephant Seal – they call it a Walrus, but I’m pretty sure it’s a female Elephant Seal – has this look on her face that looks like shock and horror and fear and the caption says ‘Noooo they be stealin’ my Bucket’ and – what, nobody? None of you have seen this?”
September 17th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
The fork the gave to bend was this big.
September 17th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Why… the Shatner… reference? Is… somebody… makingajoke?
September 17th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Phil Plait does Broadway.
September 17th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Some peoples posts on my blog make me this angry.
September 17th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
OMG! Ceiling cat is watching me be skeptical!
September 17th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Science works, bitches!
If you don’t like it, you can clean my eight inch dob.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
“No! I’m serious — all I have to do is post a silly picture on my blog and I get like a bazillion comments!”
September 17th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Phil: And so, my aunt… my aunt was so fat.
Audience: How fat was she?
Phil: She was so fat… that she reached Hydrostatic Equilibrium and cleared her neighborhood!
September 17th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
I had this much freetime before coming president.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
“And the First Law of Skepticism is that a skeptic shall not harm a human being or by inaction allow a human being come to harm.”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
ITS A TRAP!!!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
“Who stole my forearms?”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
I’m Uri Geller’s Love Child
September 17th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
I’m Richard Hoagland’s love child.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
“Moisturize me, moisturize me!”
September 17th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
“Mama’s got a squeezebox
Daddy never sleeps at night”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Why is PZ disrobing??!?!?!
September 17th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
# Harold Says:
September 17th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
“…for the last time, I am not going to play ‘Freebird’!”
Dude, ‘ya just plain WON.
September 17th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Nathan I am your father.
September 17th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
I did it…MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WAAAAAAAAAY.
September 18th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Mon ami, I will take this pic down if you like, but what Monty Python fan doesn’t appreciate…
HUGE… tracts of land!” ?
September 18th, 2008 at 12:19 am
… then the G5 says to the K7: “Kid, yer just lucky you can ! follow me around!”.
September 18th, 2008 at 12:32 am
“Want! (t-shirt edition)”
[while viewing a t-shirt in the crowd, likemaybethisone:
http://www.madscistuff.com/I-survived-the-large-hadron-collider-LHC-experiment-t-shirt.html
September 18th, 2008 at 12:48 am
So I said “there’s no way that is six inches”.
September 18th, 2008 at 12:56 am
TOGETHER I WILL RULE THE WORLD, TOMORROW THE UNIVERSE. Moahahahahahah…
September 18th, 2008 at 2:04 am
I WILL BURNINATE YOU ALL !
September 18th, 2008 at 3:22 am
…and then SHE says “Klaatu barada nikto” !
September 18th, 2008 at 4:45 am
OH MY GOD! THEY KILLED KENNEY!
September 18th, 2008 at 6:01 am
Bad Astronomy – The Musical
September 18th, 2008 at 6:01 am
Whazzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 18th, 2008 at 6:05 am
NOOOOOOOOOOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITIONNNNNN….!!!
September 18th, 2008 at 6:15 am
“It’s called ‘Death from the Skies!’ How many times do I have to repeat myself???”
September 18th, 2008 at 6:30 am
“No, really. It’s literally a diamond in the rough! How cool is that!”
September 18th, 2008 at 7:03 am
“People get how worked up over a political post on a science site?”
September 18th, 2008 at 7:18 am
THIS IS SPARTA!1!
September 18th, 2008 at 7:26 am
“Woooooot!!”
September 18th, 2008 at 7:36 am
“Ha. Part 1 of my evil plan is going according to plan… Next, I collide your Hadrons! Then? Then I rule the world! Bwuhahahahahahaha!”
September 18th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Honest, it was this much embiggened.
September 18th, 2008 at 7:50 am
Hallelujah! I’ve accepted Jesus as my personal savior!
This is meant ironically, in case you’re worried that you’ve been invaded by fundies.
September 18th, 2008 at 8:31 am
“Pass the dutchie from the left hand side…”
September 18th, 2008 at 9:19 am
GET AT ME WOLF!
September 18th, 2008 at 11:01 am
“Did I mention that Adam Savage is a close personal friend*”
or
“I have a Dalek at home THIS big”
September 18th, 2008 at 11:05 am
” I am Phil, and I am a Sceptic…”
crowd: “Hi Phil…”
September 18th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Pluto is only THIS big!!
September 18th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Suddenly Phil realized he wasn’t wearing any pants.
September 18th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Telesssssscopin’!!
September 18th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Don’t! Stop! Thinkin’ about tomorrow!
September 18th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Some feet are this big.
September 18th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Lars +1
September 18th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
“I accidentally the whole thing!”
September 18th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I. AM. EMBIGGENED!!!!
September 18th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Could someone help remove the dwarf that’s standing between me and the podium?
September 18th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
The twinkie was this big and it was a probe going to Uranus.
September 18th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
“Phil’s speech took a turn for the worse after he spotted Wil Wheaton in the crowd.”
–
Seriously, that’s like the defining expression of ‘omg’.
September 18th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
I’m not really an astronomer, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night…
September 18th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Oh my god they killed Kenny! You bastards!
The TAM party movie is The Core?!
September 18th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
”This whole situation kinda reminds me of a scene in one of the Police Academy movies…”
September 18th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Haven’t read them all but here goes:
“I’m getting a message through from CERN. Run for your lives!!!”
September 19th, 2008 at 11:10 am
“To-MOR-row, to-MOR-row, I love ya to-MOR-row, you’re always a day aWAAAAAAAAY!”
September 19th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
…and I was literally coughing up lunar regolith for a week!
September 20th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Dr. Plait doing his prize-winning imitation of Steve Ballmer, screams “DEVELOPERS!”
@Leon, the reversal of r & d in hadron was priceless!
September 21st, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Could be
“I’m barely holding my fudge.”
or
“Game over, Game over”
or
The explosion of storage area 9 has destroyed all copies “Death from the skies”!
September 21st, 2008 at 9:59 pm
“That Sarah Palin woman’s butt is THIS WIDE! Seriously!”
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I’ve got ants in my pants, man!
September 29th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Borther and Sisters, Do you Believe?
IN WHAT?