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  1. says

    “I have no idea how atheism is getting all tangled up with squid.”

    They have all those tentacles. So, you see, it was only a matter of time.

  2. Bill Dauphin says

    I have no idea how atheism is getting all tangled up with squid.

    Does it not occur to you that you yourself might be the nexus between the two?

  5. says

    Some call it Squidmas, or Octonoël,
    To some, it’s Kopffüßerweihnachten as well
    In Spain they will wish you “Feliz Nautilidad”
    And think nothing of it–it isn’t that odd.
    There are similar phrases in Greek and Etruscan
    Expressing a good celebration molluscan
    From ocean to ocean, the banner’s unfurled:
    It’s Cephalopodmas all over the world!

  6. Flamethorn says

    It is a plot by the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The more atheists there are, the more people are not believing in false gods, and eventually some of them will seek spiritual meaning and turn to FSMism.

    It just looks like a squid because your puny mammal brain cannot truly perceive His Noodliness.

  7. Mooser says

    I have no idea how atheism is getting all tangled up with squid.

    C’mon now, have you ever seen a cephalopod in church? Even on Easter or Christmas?

  8. says

    You stand over the the fresh corpse of Jeebus, with a smoking cephalopod in your hand, and tell everyone you don’t understand the connection between squid and atheism? J’Accuse…!

  9. David Marjanović, OM says

    What is that about hopelessness? There is a hope: to be eaten first!

    In the meantime, Cuttlefish wins teh intartoobz. Again.

  10. David Marjanović, OM says

    What is that about hopelessness? There is a hope: to be eaten first!

    In the meantime, Cuttlefish wins teh intartoobz. Again.

  12. says

    Bah, I came here to point out that it was Cthulhu’s work, but was beaten by… everyone.
    I’m going to go fondle some tentacles now.

  13. says

    Ah, I wish it were Cthulhu or even PZ that started me on the Squidmas thing…

    I have to admit, it’s my daughter, who has a “Christmas” tree decorated with sea creatures and dinosaurs. On top of the tree is a brittle star made of pipe cleaners. I’d told my kids I should have a nudibranch on top of my tree, but there was nothing to hold on with… it needed tentacles…

    the rest is history…

    The “coloring book” will also feature puzzles and connect the dots… all with atheist themes (even the ones that LOOK like they have religious themes ;) )

    I have a few more illustrations to go before it goes to publication, but it should be available on December 1st :)

  15. Dan says

    Atheism has nothing to do with hope, either. Which makes it hopeless compared with systems that involve a skydaddy.

    And squid … it’s Lovecraft’s fault. It just is. You might as well accept the inevitable, PZ.

  16. Warren Xmas says

    The Night of the Squidmas

    It’s the night of the Squidmas,
    And all through the sea
    Celaphopods stir,
    All tenticularly.

    While off on the shore
    With the squidsox all hung,
    The squidwassail drunk,
    And the squidcarols sung,

    Mamma in her kerchief
    And I in my cap,
    Are settling down for a
    Long Squidmas nap.

    When off in the ocean
    The start of a swell
    A rising and gathering
    Wave does foretell.

    A wave of Noachian
    Size it will be.
    A wave bringing Squidmas
    To you and to me.

    It swirls and it whirls
    And it turns and it churns,
    And it rises and deepens
    As shoreward it yearns.

    And then, at its crest,
    With a soft luminescence
    The first squid of Squidmas
    Announces its presence.

    Now there are two squid
    Now four, and now eight;
    Now dozens, now thousands
    Of squid all await,

    This day of all days.
    In the wave’s frothy swelling,
    They celebrate Squidmas
    With octonowelling.

    And then, in a twinkling
    The wave gathers force
    It broadens, it lengthens,
    Sets forth on its course:

    To the edge of the ocean!
    To shore! To the strand!
    To the dune! To the marshes,
    Sweep over the land!

    ********

    And the wave with its cargo
    Of glorious squid
    Swept over the Earth,
    But no damage it did!

    And yet in each home
    Where the squidsox were hung,
    Squidwassail was drunk,
    And squidcarols were sung,

    The squid in their wave
    Left a present, you know:
    A gem of the ocean
    In each squidsock toe.

    So hark to the squid
    In the wave as they pass:
    Saying “Good night to all,
    And a happy Squidmas!”

  17. Bill Dauphin says

    Wow. Do we really now have two cephalopoets… or has Cuttlefish merely adopted a new nom de tentacle?

    I feel a Cephalopoetry Slam coming on!

  18. says

    Dan, let’s not get ahead of ourselves, hope or no hope, fairies are garbage.

    Back on topic, a haiku:

    Tentacles twining
    Cephalopods amongst pine
    A beaked Claus on high

  19. noodle-soup says

    The Flying Spaghetti Monster exists outside the normal space-time continuum and manifests Itself within a multi-dimensional universe. Thus, when viewed by the constrained consciousness of the human mind It appears as a “squid” to our limited understanding and our limited ability to view Its Completeness which spans across multiple dimensions.

  22. sxe says

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