I should be flying through the air right now, on my way to Los Angeles for another long travel weekend. I was also out of town last week, and to my shame was too busy to post a Friday Cephalopod. I will not make that mistake this time: in recompense, tomorrow I will post THREE (3) Friday Cephalopods and recite 10 Hail Cthulhus while lashing myself with a wet tentacle. The latter will, of course, be done in private, but look for my public penance on Friday.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Slightly OT: Thought you guys might get a laugh out of this…
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2008/09/24/russia-tv2x2-renewed.html
Pastor Konstantin Bendas asks “If Christian communion is compared to eating feces, is that funny?” in reference to an Episode of South Park.
Answer: Yes, actually, it is. Especially when South Park compared communion to cannibalism, not feces. But feces is funny too. Good one Pastor Bendas.
Actually, aren’t only 3 Hail Cthulhus all that’s required?
I say take the wet tentacles, dredge them in panko and the LASH them into a deep frying.
Paying homage to the calimari god is always in order. Its like eating the body of Cthulu, WAY better than eating a crappy transfatsubstantiated cracker
I’m looking forward to meeting PZ and others at the AAI this weekend in Long Beach. I hope some of you can make it. I plan on taking pictures.
So much for private lashings.
Hail Dagon! May you and yours be eaten first.
Parris Hughes @ #2:
No, that’s Hail Hasturs that you only say three times.
Not “Hail Cthulhu”; “Cthulhu fhtagn.”
If you’re going to do it, you might as well do it right.
Phnglui mglw’nafl […].
For real penance (for me, anyway) you could post a Friday anuran also!
In private……but on webcam, right?
http://raincoaster.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/cthulhu-challenge.jpg
OT, but good:
Not that anything much would change, but it’s obviously an anti-atheist charter that has outlived its quaint beginnings.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
whilst Chuck Norris, I can’t help but think, would need a plane (:
Don’t your arms get tired, with all that flying you do?
Glen Davidson@12,
While they’re at it, it would make sense to remove the “Royal”: AFAIK, the last British royal (and probably the only one since Charles II) to show the slightest interest in science was Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert. Mostly they prefer killing things for fun.
“While lashing myself with a wet tentacle”
This sacrilegious abuse is bound to send Donohue round the bend again.
Only anointed members of the Cthulhic League are allowed to wield the Secular Arm.
Royal Society is considering casting out God 25 September 2008
Considering removing god! What’s to consider? Why would an organization that promotes science, especially at such a level as the R S, pay lip service to stupid superstition? They should get rid of the nonsense immediately.
Science & religion, especially the theistic religions, are in fundamental conflict. Science should distance itself from the vestiges of magical thinking.
Doesn’t help that the whole “divine right of kings” stuff isn’t believable today, either.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
Is everyone else having trouble getting the image of a naked PZ covered in octopuses out of their minds, or is it just me?
@19, I was just going to say that.
PZ is the leader of the Opus Dei of squid worship.
Speaking of the Friday Cephalopod, look what I found!
http://scribalterror.blogs.com/scribal_terror/2008/09/egg-brooding-sq.html
It’s a squid carrying a great big bag of eggs. Presumably on her way back from the market.
Nick Gotts, not to mention Charlie and his ma’s fondness and very public support for things anti-science, homeopathy being just one example. All things considered, I would be ashamed to have the present royals associated with any science based organisation I belonged to. Assuming that is that there ever was a time not to be ashamed of having the crooks royal associated with an organisation, science based or otherwise. With Albert, as you say, being the one possible exception.
OT, but I thought that we should do our best to save a word from extinction.
Apodeictic: Unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration. (Collins)
Apodictic: Clearly demonstrated or established.
(Oxford Canadian)
We know just the application!
John, in my village is a cousin, (according to my wife), of the Queen. The first time that I saw him, my daughter & I thought it was Charlie walking towards us.
Anyway, he’s a successful (gentleman) farmer, & none of that organic nonsense. Unfortunately, all the heavy plant used in his fields tracks out enormous quantities of mud onto the lane. Unless it hasn’t rained for a week, it makes cycling down the lane very unpleasant. I don’t know how he gets away with obstructing the highway. Ohhhh, yes, I guess I do.
With who’s tentacle will you lash yourself? As anyone knows, there are differences among tentacles. If you lash yourself with a tentacle from Taningia danae we’ll know you’re truly repentant; Octopus vulgaris not so much.
Strider @25, Taningia? Are you nuts? That would do some serious damage… Will he be chanting “mea culpa” also?
should be flying through the air right now
Can you please spin the Earth forward a day so it can be Friday night instead of Thursday? K thx bai.
He should have to sit through two hours of Vogon poetry and the national anthem as sung by the Klingon Gay Men’s Choir…er, perhaps that is a bit harsh… OK, one hour.
Here’s hoping that his large intestine will save him from this fate.
These people will probably be the last ones eaten when the great one returns.
Patricia, given PZ’s woes last week you should see it in your heart to half the penalty. After all, nothing is sacred, not the Friday cephal……(ducks and runs for cover). ;-)
Nerd! Be careful! Those tentacles can slip into the deepest covers.
Mena, may you and yours be the first devoured!
Thanks Janine, you and yours as well.
Sorry Nerd – the mighty one suggested he had to do penance. A cosmic cockup like forgetting cephlopod Friday calls for stern measures. ;o)
Aren’t you the sadistic one? Though two hours of Vogon poetry would be more tolerable than 30 seconds of Ken Ham talking science.
Ken Ham talking science.
aha! that was a trick, right?
Ken Ham NEVER talks science, only bullshit.
“Uprightness of character and piety”? swearing “upon the holy Gospels of God”? How’d Dick to the Dawk to the Ph.D. ever get in?
Just askin’. :-)
(raises white flag…..waves white flag….sticks up head)
Isn’t the Klingon choir enough? But Vogon poetry? There are millions of people in the LA area. Think of the collateral damage.
Not a trick, but that was the point. He *tries* to talk science, the people who he preaches to thinks it’s science, to us it’s worse than a vogon poetry recital and on a par with “ode to my flatulance”.
No need to be polite on our account.
Actually there is a need. Turns out you yanks have a bid aversion to the use of profanity, so when I’m on a group with a lot of aussies I can be very profane and no-one will bat an eyelid. On here, I’ve got to at least be somewhat civil for while it’s a progressive crowd and an informal situation, there’s still going to be those would get uneasy if I laced my posts with explicit profanity.
On an aussie forum my current signature is: “There are things far more offensive than the word cunt. Try watching your average commercial”, and that doesn’t make anyone there even slightly uncomfortable.
Kel, that’s not too bad, actually; at least it doesn’t bother me. Then again, I’ve been saturated in profanity since birth…
Looking forward to meeting many of you fine folks this weekend. I’ll be at a table pimping my Bill of Rights cards and other swag.
Rock on!
Personally, I’d love to see the Klingon gay men’s choir. I’m honestly surprised they can muster more than a barbershop – particularly with those Klingons for Jebus gaining ground.
@ Jared #9:
I have some – eg this one. I never finished uploading all my (best) pictures to that set though.