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Friday Cephalopod: They're like best friends!
Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: November 16, 2007 10:55 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: Anon | November 16, 2007 11:05 AM
Here I was, expecting Selma Hayek's breasts...
Posted by: Jsn | November 16, 2007 11:20 AM
Cuttlefish, where are you? PZ has posted a picture in your honor (haven't you, PZ?) and with all the hubbub over Salma's enormous talents and reasons to believe the absurd I'm sure you can put it all to brilliant verse.
Posted by: Todd | November 16, 2007 11:20 AM
They look so cuttley.
Posted by: Cuttlefish | November 16, 2007 11:29 AM
If recent threads are meant to hint, though subtly,
That I'm called to speak, as Jsn suggests:
I'll only say, they really do look cuddly--
Both cuttlefish, and Salma Hayek's breasts.
Posted by: PZ Myers | November 16, 2007 11:45 AM
I should have titled this "A Nice Pair" just to get you all even more excited.
Posted by: shiftlessbum | November 16, 2007 11:45 AM
Off topic (but those are some nice cuttles); the Flying Spaghetti Monster is in the news again
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_re_us/flying_spaghetti_monster;_ylt=ApBclpCQJPNsZw5eIRNFnjVvzwcF
Seems a bunch of theologians are going to discuss the FSM at their conference. I don't know about you, but I'd kind of like to hear that.
Posted by: shiftlessbum | November 16, 2007 11:50 AM
BTW, here's a quote from that article about FSM cited above;
"The letter made the rounds on the Internet, prompting laughter from some and vilification from others. But it struck a chord and stuck around. In the great tradition of satire, its humor was in fact a clever and effective argument."
"Betweeen the lines, the point of the letter was this: There's no more scientific basis for intelligent design than there is for the idea an omniscient creature made of pasta created the universe. If intelligent design supporters could demand equal time in a science class, why not anyone else? The only reasonable solution is to put nothing into sciences classes but the best available science."
Well put, and by a journalist of all people.
Posted by: NeoGothic | November 16, 2007 12:40 PM
Did you all catch the "militant atheist" jibe at the end of the article? They just can't stop picking that scab, can they?
Posted by: Zeekster | November 16, 2007 12:48 PM
My favorite part:
"You have to keep a sense of humor when you're studying religion, especially in graduate school," Van Horn said in a recent telephone interview. "Otherwise you'll sink into depression pretty quickly."
Posted by: Oldcola, FCD | November 16, 2007 2:15 PM
Cuttlefish - make me hungry (I'm sorry)
About FSM, spotted it recently. Haven't had enough info about the exact date of apparition but doesn't look as meaty as in official depictions :-)
And by the way, what do you think about BU discouraging ID research? Discouraging, not forbidding. Go and vote. And maybe the issue is worth a full post to encourage people, what do you think?
IDiots are on their way already, Denyse's call on that.
Posted by: zer0 | November 16, 2007 2:23 PM
Get back on topic people, Cuttlefish has spoken!
Posted by: HolyRavioli | November 16, 2007 2:43 PM
I hope they discuss the Holy Box that people have been looking for, for centuries. What a precious item that would be! To have the Holy Box that held his Noodly Appendages before the Last Supper when he was eaten, surrounded by his Loving Meatballs, the Sacred Garlic Bread and drinking the Holy Chianti in the Sainted Straw Basket! I'm faint with the thought of it (or hunger - it's getting late in the afternoon). :-)
Posted by: Retrokatze | November 16, 2007 3:01 PM
Flamboyant Cuttlefish! :D
Posted by: Sili | November 16, 2007 4:29 PM
Aw+
Posted by: astromcnaught | November 16, 2007 6:20 PM
Man o man... 1am and no ceps
2am, 3am, time passses sooo very slowly without my friday fix you know... 4am, 5am, 6am...
We once met a cuttlefish in real life, under the seas. We swam about eagerly. You know, these things can communicate. "**** off!" it said, clear as day, in colours and bumps.
Posted by: Michael | November 16, 2007 9:51 PM
I think we should all thank the great cephalopod in the sky for these amazing creatures! But in all seriousness, the displays that these creatures are able to put on never cease to amaze me. Oh, and Retrokatze awesome video