I won’t give away the punch line to this comic called The New Adventures of Queen Victoria… but we are amused.
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October 29th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Hehehe.
October 29th, 2008 at 9:49 am
The message still isn’t getting through as to just who is running the JREF these days is it Phil? They keep using that Randi bloke’s name.
October 29th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Yeah, Shane. When does the PPEF start up? Or at least the PREF (Phil-Randi Ed. Foundation)?
October 29th, 2008 at 10:18 am
No, I don’t run the organization. Not really. It’s more complicated than that, like a baseball game: it’s Randi’s team, and I’m the coach. Still not a perfect analogy, but close. And it’ll never be PPEF! That’s not the point; Randi is The Man and the JREF will always ever be thus.
October 29th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Yeah we know Phil, just joshin’ but who’s on first?
And it’ll never be PPEF!
Obviously you couldn’t rename any organisation to something that started with PP (Pee Pee).
That’s it, I’ll stop now.
October 29th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Hmmm, still no werewolf references? Disappointed.
October 29th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Well it is too late now Phil.
Ok, that’s it. I am really getting back in my box now. Good night.
October 29th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Phil, your photos have a pareidolic (pareidoliastic?) effect…when I see one, I see James Randi.
You should find someone who has the aging simulation software that law enforcement types use for missing persons and see if the Phil of the Future takes on the Randi of Right Now look.
October 29th, 2008 at 11:26 am
@Phil Plait
Well, no, BA. I mean, we just passed the new moon, so it would, at best, be only a little sliver right now. Hardly enough to bring werewolves out. And I thought this was an astronomy blog!
October 29th, 2008 at 11:53 am
I didn’t really think it was funny at all. I didn’t even chuckle. Is it a spoof on American politcal ads?
However, I did chuckle just now as I typed “chackle” instead of “chuckle” (I fixed the typo first, though)
Pete
October 29th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Please show the whole cartoon strip. I clicked on the strip and got the “x”. Apparently my network here at work won’t show the pix.
October 29th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
That is hilarious, and yet so apropos of the times we live in. I love it!
October 29th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
What do you have against exploring new frontiers, Phil?
October 30th, 2008 at 2:42 am
I don’t get it…
October 30th, 2008 at 7:08 am
I’m James RAndi and I ,,,DIS PROVE this message,,,
,,,now, that’s funny,,,
GAry 7
October 31st, 2008 at 3:08 am
We are not amused.