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But … unicorns are real!
Category: Creationism
Posted on: August 9, 2007 1:00 AM, by PZ Myers
How unfair that The Unicorn Museum would be compared to Ken Ham's "Museum" — everyone knows creationism is fake, but unicorns, because they are so lovely and sweet and happy and phallic, must be real.
This is very serious. The proprietors want to put up a billboard to compete with the Creation "Museum's", and you can vote and donate. I would love to see unicorns praised over goofy Australian nutcases.
Comments
Posted by: Brian | August 9, 2007 1:08 AM
PZ: "I would love to see unicorns praised over goofy Australian nutcases."
That's right PZ, shatter my dreams of being praised. Just 'cause I'm goofy and Ozzie......
Posted by: Munoz | August 9, 2007 1:10 AM
Yeah I am going to go ahead and not donate. What a waste of money, it is not like they are going to get appreciation from the religious community for this. I predict appreciaition from six year old girls.
Posted by: MikeinJapan | August 9, 2007 1:19 AM
Are we going to sell Canadian slaves in the gift shop? If so I'll take 3. kthnxbai
Posted by: Curtis | August 9, 2007 1:20 AM
why couldn't they just worship the narwhal?
Posted by: Tom @Thoughtsic.com | August 9, 2007 1:54 AM
I probably wouldn't donate directly, but I'd definitely buy a shirt. As I'm already married, I have little to lose by wearing a "Unicorn Museum" shirt.
Posted by: pablo | August 9, 2007 1:56 AM
Unicorns exist but on another planet. They were wished into existence by an eight year-old gay boy named Shannon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omhB15G2dY4
Posted by: Markus | August 9, 2007 2:16 AM
"Believe what YOUR told?" I think they need a spell checker ...
Posted by: jeffox backtrollin' | August 9, 2007 3:21 AM
I once met an adult female who ranted that unicorns were real. I asked her if she'd ever actually seen one of those "dildo-horsies". Boy, did she get pissed.
Posted by: ben | August 9, 2007 3:36 AM
I was 15, I was in France, a group of us talking about this and that and me trying to spoof my French friends that my uncle kept 150 head of piebald unicorn on his demesne in Wicklow.
Chantal, who had sloe-dark eyes and was 17 and made my heart beat faster, said something to the effect of the unicorn not being a real animal that exists.
I argued my case -- and all crimes against the French language commited here are my responsibility, of course.
"Mais s'ils n'existent pas, porquoi ont-ils un nom?"
Iron-clad logic I thought. [But, if they don't exist, how come there's a name for them?]
"Sont beaucoup des choses qui ont un nom mais n'existent pas!"
A confident rebuttal [Lots of things don't exist, but we have names for them]
"Comme quoi?" I asked her. [Like what]
"Dieu."
And my heart stood still.
Posted by: JohnF | August 9, 2007 4:05 AM
But the Invisible Pink Unicorn, She that raptures socks, may Her holy hooves never be shod, is really real, and our protector against the Purple Oyster of Doom.
Posted by: Phoenician in a time of Romans | August 9, 2007 4:58 AM
Hey, wait, they've also got a basilisk petting zoo?
Posted by: One Eyed Jack | August 9, 2007 6:23 AM
That site brings up a good point.
Unicorns are mentioned 8 or 9 times in the KJ version of the Bible. Where are the unicorns at the Cretin museum?
OEJ
Posted by: Mike Haubrich, FCD | August 9, 2007 7:36 AM
Hey, OEJ, the unicorns were frivolous and silly. They pranced and kicked and splashed the water fell. They didn't make it on the ark, as much as Noah tried to plead with them to board.
Dinosaurs were on the Ark. That's why they get to be represented in the Creation Museum. Ken Ham has no time for the critters that would have fun rather than save themselves and that is why they were excised from his Museum.
Posted by: Louis | August 9, 2007 7:51 AM
The Creation Museum billboard stole artwork...
Posted by: One Eyed Jack | August 9, 2007 8:14 AM
Very possible, Mike.
They were probably goofing off at candy mountain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5im0Ssyyus&mode=related&search=
OEJ
Posted by: CalGeorge | August 9, 2007 9:23 AM
Special Guest Appearance by the IPU CANCELLED
WTF!?
I will never give another DIME to that scumbag museum!
Posted by: Dustin | August 9, 2007 10:34 AM
Unicorn Power!
Posted by: Dustin | August 9, 2007 10:35 AM
Dammit. Scienceblogs ate the url tags.
http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF024AD-Nice_T_Shirt.jpg#92
Posted by: Stanton | August 9, 2007 10:38 AM
There really were unicorns...
It's just that they were the giant pigs of the genus Kubanochoerus, and not cloven-hoofed horses.
Posted by: Steve_C | August 9, 2007 10:49 AM
What about Narwhals? Obviously descended from Unicorns.
Posted by: Refugee | August 9, 2007 11:00 AM
Heh heh heh. Phallic unicorns. More than you know, sir, more than you know:
http://ricketyclick.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/07/unicorn-glow/
Posted by: Rey Fox | August 9, 2007 12:18 PM
"Unicorns are mentioned 8 or 9 times in the KJ version of the Bible. Where are the unicorns at the Cretin museum?"
Not displayed. Ken Ham doesn't want to look SILLY, you know.
Posted by: Kirsten Sanford | August 9, 2007 1:47 PM
PZ, I'm glad that you enjoyed our site. We had a lot of fun putting it together. We respect the Unicorns and other mythical beasts, and think that they too deserve to have their stories told.
We really do hope to put up an actual billboard somewhere near the Creation Museum. That's no joke. So, if anyone reading this lives in Kentucky and has a contact at a billboard company, please let me know!
Markus (#7), all the billboard artwork is user submitted, and not spellchecked or altered by us in any way other than what is needed to fit it into the webpage. Sorry if the misspell offends you. Louis (#14), as far a I am aware, no artwork was "stolen" in the creation of the billboards on the site. Thanks for keeping an eye out for us.
Thanks, PZ, for posting about the site. Much appreciated.
Posted by: David Harmon | August 9, 2007 2:46 PM
As of about 10 years ago, there was a prominent Neo-Pagan named Otter G'Zell, who was reputedly raising a herd of unicorns out West. (Hint: Some types of goats have straight horns -- and at birth, the horn buds are'nt attached to the bone!) (What, you wanted them to breed true? ;-) )
Posted by: Marshall Clark | August 9, 2007 4:25 PM
Glad you guys are enjoying the site, I'm part of the TWIS team that put it together. Wanted to let you guys know that we finally got the Unicorn Musuem Store working properly and you can now get unicorn schwag at cost from CafePress.
Thanks for mentioning the site PZ!
Posted by: Justin Moretti | August 9, 2007 7:07 PM
The existence of unicorns, with the implication that they are not as yet a threatened or endangered species, has been adequately reported for some time (Hagrid R, Potter HJ, Firenze 1991). Whether the crumple-horned Snorkack represents a subspecies or early divergence has not yet been settled, partially because of a lack of successful sightings (Lovegood X, Lovegood L, 1995 and Lovegood L, Scamander R, in press), and partially because of confusion in classification between the Snorkack horn and that of the Erumpent in the first place (Granger HJ, 1998).
When will people ever learn?
Posted by: chiropetra | August 9, 2007 9:37 PM
Unicorns are real!
(unless declared integer, of course)
Posted by: mothandrust | August 10, 2007 8:05 AM
I feel like apologising on behalf of Australia for Ken Ham... but then you guys have some apologising yourselves for plenty of other numbnuts... Kirk Cameron comes to mind. ha.
Posted by: James | August 26, 2007 5:49 AM
Hello (#14) Louis, I designed a number of the Unicorn Billboards - Noah's Ark, Cyborg Unicorn and Holy Writ.
I am a professional designer and I have not stolen artwork. I have gone to great lengths to source the artwork that I have used and obtain the required copyright clearance. If you can detail your concerns I am happy to clarify the copyright arrangements under which this imagery has been used.
Regards James
Posted by: chelsea | October 19, 2007 4:31 PM
I think unicorns are real there is so mutch proof there all around us but know one look close enouth
from chelsea mcveigh aged 12