I found *the* original drawing. It was in a box in my car, where I keep all my most important things. The Smithsonian people should put this up somewhere, am I right? How do we make that happen, internet?
*Update* They don’t want it. Here’s what they said:
The Smithsonian Institution is always happy to consider unrestricted donations of art for its collections. However, the Institution accepts only those works of art that truly fill a gap in or complement the collections and then only after careful consideration by museum curators, administrators and directors. The Institution adds to its collections only a tiny percentage of what is offered and typically does not accept unsolicited artwork.
We suggest that you try to find someplace other than the Smithsonian to showcase your drawing and/or promote the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster message.
Big-ass photocopiers, a big-ass wallet, and lots of patience?
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wow, that’s fantastic!
Perhaps his Noodly appendage is reaching out. frame the page.
as for the Smithsonian… IDK
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Maybe a dash of pepper, too.
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I hope it is not necessary.
With any luck, people will come to their senses and ID will not gain any prominence for many years.
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Auction it!
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Phone them up 202.633.4300
Or email giving@si.edu
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How Much? lol… what a piece of history.
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Make sure to specify that you want it in the Natural History Museum.
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Oh My FSM Bobby, thats awesome! =)
I sure hope the Smithsonian will take it some day.
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That is beautiful. Not how it is perfectly conserved – no yellowing, not creases – after all these years. Obviously He has been keeping a close eye on it.
This is too good for the Smithsonian. We should build a house of worship just for it.
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That is beautiful. Note how it is perfectly conserved – no yellowing, no creases – after all these years. Obviously He has been keeping a close eye on it.
This is too good for the Smithsonian. We should build a house of worship just for it.
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make a petition send out a form to everyone and tell them to sign it then send it back and collect them all up and send them to the smithsonian
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The original drawing and revelation! Hail, with three noodly RAmens!
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What about just donating it?
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1. frame it
2. send it
3. ????
4. profit!
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Make laminated wallet-size copies. I’ll take one.
RAmen
ET
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Hey before this post gets to be 400 hundred responses long I want to say that the Flying Spaghetti Monster was prepared with garlic and onions that had been sauteed in olive oil until they had become slightly opaque and meatballs with freshly minces parsley that had been browned on the outside in an iron skillet, (not in the oven), and slow cooked over a low even heat for at least 4 hours.
I do not pretend to know if the FSM was self-prepared or not.
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By his noodly appendage! The document should indeed be preserved, but I’m not sure I trust Mister Smithson. Please keep it safe o prophet al dente, perhaps in a box … in a .. . car ?
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Wow, I’m sorry I’m just totally speechless this is amazing! Go Noodliness!
RAmen,
Pastafarian Nick
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definitely submit it.
or sell it on ebay.
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Get this framed, for protection if nothing else. Anon- Don’t auction it this is the most important religious discovery since the finding of the dead sea scrolls; its value to the church is far greater than any sum of money Bobby might get for it.
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A HOLY RELIC!!! This should be preserved as the Constitution is :D
Heretic
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Hey! I’ve got a t-shirt with that on it! It’s yet another miraculous manifestation!
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oh, my, flying spaghetti monster.
this should be framed with diamonds.
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I think you should go on tour, like when the Shroud of Turin was hauled around to museums. Charge admission to view the drawing at pubs and marinas (where there are sure to be pirates) and build a populist movement from this tour. The Smithsonian will no doubt notice this, and then the drawing should easily be in!
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Dunno, but I’d give you 100 bucks for it..
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Sorry, not buying this.
As Alice points out, it’s in a remarkable state of preservation. Too well preserved. You say that it’s the original FSM. I’m sorry, but your assertion – which could easily be based on faulty recollection, or even pious fraud – simply doesn’t constitute evidence that would be satisfactory to anyone but a credulous cultist. This is about as authentic as the Turin Shroud, frankly.
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This deserves a special place on a pirate ship. A museum (with all of its dependence on logic, reason, rational thought, and historical accuracy [creation museum exempted]) is clearly not a holy enough shrine for His Noodliness.
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The only remaining question is of the content at the very bottom of the scripture.
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If Cobert can get part of the space station named after him theres got to be a way we can get this valuble tresure into the smithsonian
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Colbert got his portrait hung at the National Gallery in D.C., after the Smithsonian rejected it. Perhaps the National Gallery would consent to hang this historic original drawing of His Noodleyness also?
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I dunno… It could be a fraud. I say we compare it with the earliest known depictions of The Original Drawing to see how well it matches up. Any discrepancies can be used against us by the anti-Pastafarians to try and discredit us as a bunch of fanatics.
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Side-by-side comparison looks pretty conclusive to me. The preponderance of identical minor details makes it unlikely that anyone but the FSM Himself could have perpetuated such a fraud, in which case all the better
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I think you should frame it, and donate it to Richard Dawkins,
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OMG! Quickly Bobby! laminate it! we must save it for future generations!and also, please dont spill spaghetti sauce on it(although i think the FSM would want it that way) i want to save this for my children, and their children.
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Make flyers and give them out free to kids for a coloring competition and then have a tie-breaker slogan like “The FSM is the only true god because…” Spread the word in the traditional grass root ways that the big boys have been using for years; the fundies will go ape at the aping.
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Great headline to have on the site when it gets mentioned in the NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/us/27atheist.html?_r=1&hp
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The Smithsonian accepts donations of priceless artifacts here:
Email: info@si.edu
Address: Smithsonian Information
PO Box 37012
SI Building, Room 153, MRC 010
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Phone: 202.633.1000
They say “Please include a description, history of ownership, and photographs when applicable.”
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I saw a manifestation of the FSM in my dinner last night.
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serious reply
Bobby
I think this should be preserved.
Modern wood-pulp paper is very fragile and ephemeral so until you hear from the Smithsonian:
store it between sheets of acid-free paper (any art supply store),
avoid exposing it to direct sunlight,
handle it as little as possible.
Really seriously, the Smithsonian might want it. They have collections of “popular culture” items from decades past (possibly centuries).
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I want to see it on the History Channel where it can be subjected to carbon dating and discussed by the Nostradamus buffs. We also need to get the alien angle on this.
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#27 Heresiarch
Aww poor Heresiarch…would you like some more salt?
I say this heretic landlubber walks the plank to an eternity of flat beer garnished with dead flies and the most unappealing Strippers!
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If we got that in the Smithsonian, it would truly be a victory for Pastafarians. I wouldn’t say it’s a guarantee, but organizations like that often accept important cultural symbols, just like Steven Colbert manages to get his likeness in plenty of museums I think we can get ours in the Smithsonian!
-Pope Pixel I, wench-addict
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@ – Heresiarch, #27,
In doing serious study and translation of some of the traditional texts, we have found bits of text that are out of place, out of time, and wrong grammatically. “Pious Fraud” is often the only reasonable explanation. If you are doing Higher Criticism of a text, you had better know what you are talking about. “Pious Fraud” often tells the student of linguistics and archeology a great deal about the culture in which the document was produced. Remember the engraving on the ring that Spinoza wore, “Caute”, Caution.
@ – Wench Nikkiee, and all other Pastafarians,
We’ve had a nice mention in yesterday’s New York Times. I thought that I’d like to share it with all of you:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/us/27atheist.html?_r=2&hp
RAmen
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I thought the original was etched on a gold tablet, and the angel Macaroni told you where it was buried (?!?)
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Our most precious Holy relic!! I’m so TOUCHED, I can’t stop my tears from flowing when looking at it. Long live the mighty FSM. this is too good fopr words. RAmen, RAmen!!
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As a reformed Religion major, I have concerns.
1. Carbon dating won’t be accurate.
2. The J source might have been contaminated by the P source, or vice versa.
3. Modern forensics will only find a killer’s finger prints, or maybe some threads and some Bic ink. Still not proof of original.
4. How do we know you are who you claim you are? Posting source is suspect, IMO.
5. Near replication introduces tremors in the force field of true believers, including allied Pirates. Good forensic image folks (thank FSM for Open Sores software, which He can cure) need to compare this “reputed” relic with the original. I suspect minor differences in the images not caused by technology that are intentionally introduced, intended to pervert FSM religion in the way of Manicheanism (sp?), caused by Admiral Poindexter’s Total Awareness Project.
6. In short, do not trust this image. It is probably a CIA plant intended to subtly alter our core beliefs.
7. Always require I.D. when peeps enter the bar of belief!
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How can you all be so disrespectful? When speaking of things like this, they must always be CAPITALIZED!
—>”The Original Drawing”"THE ORIGINAL DRAWING”
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Crap… So, I guess it thought I was trying to do html with the less-than signs. Lets try this again. It’s:
“The Original Drawing”
or if you’re really pious:
“THE ORIGINAL DRAWING”
I think I’ve only seen one or two of you refer to it correctly. The rest of you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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Crap… So, I guess it thought I was trying to do html with the less-than signs. And alos, my correctly post didn’t work for some reason. Lets try this again. It’s:
“The Original Drawing”
or if you’re really pious:
“THE ORIGINAL DRAWING”
I think I’ve only seen one or two of you refer to it correctly. The rest of you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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to #27 Heresiarch:
Compare this to the one on the “home page,” too similar to not be the original.
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I agree with the framing and smithsonian, but also that you should make copies and sell them, because, in all honesty, I might not have bought the tacos (yet) but I’d buy a framed print of this for my living room in a heartbeat. And I am so surprised it stayed in such good shape in the car!
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That is a beautifull picture. I love the attention to detail.
It certain it was an inspired work.
You should have a pasta party and put the framed picture in a seat at the head of the table as an honored guest.
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I’ll buy it. What do you want for it?
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I agree with Joshua, frame it and donate it to Richard Dawkins.
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#44 – plumberbob
Yep, nice piece. I read it (get daily emails of NYT content), I smiled, I immediately came here to post the link, but Alice at #37 already had it up. Thought Bobby may have given it a thread :(
@ #47 ben reynolds
Ahh yes, a conspiracy theory! Every “Realigion” must have at least one.
Thanks Ben :)
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@ – bfd, #3,
Please enter your complaint as a letter to the website, and I will be glad to hold a theological, historical, linguistic discussion with you on the appropriate hate mail thread. This thread is for the Pastafarian faithful to express their awe and reverence for FSM artifacts and sightings.
Your self reference, naming yourself by initials only, leads me to believe that you are really nothing but a Big F… Deal, and that yours was a typical Hit-and-Run, and we shall never hear from you again.
RAmen
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as a librarian, archivist and book/paper dealer I would like to suggest that you at least digitally scan it in a high quality image and upload it to the Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/index.php. I do work for a theological library (this is no joke) but I don’t think I could convince them to acquire it for our Rare Book collection
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Give ‘em a couple hundred years, Bobby. They’ll be BEGGING for it then!
- Cap’nUberBob
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AYE! Tis’ be a relic the FSM wanted us to av’ on the pirate ship church that sails the sev’n seas! This here relic needs to travle the world(by the sev’n seas of cousre)and show everyone that we pirates are true!
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I’d like to buy this.
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Hark! The most holiest of relics has been recovered from the depths of the prophet’s car!
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This is blasphemous! We must organize and march on Washington to protest this abuse of our First Amendment rights!
Discrimination, I tell you, discrimination!
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Imagine what you could get for it on ebay… What did Colbert get for the cast from his broken wrist, even after he let a bunch of people vandalize it?
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If this were sold in a public auction, it would probably go for quite a lot, which could fund the divine cause, and would raise a lot of awareness…
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I have two suggestions:
1. Have you tried the Creation Museum? It’s clearly the most realistic rendering of our creator. They should be thrilled to know that it’s available to finally answer their questions about life.
2. The Vatican may be interested. They own all the greatest works of art, across many religions. Granted, they would most likely want it in order to be able to store it away for all time, but then again it could be in the archives with some pretty amazing art and texts from ancient religions.
OK if these don’t work for you, there are lots of pirate museums, just google “pirate museum.” Search their treasures and if they have a worthy bit of FSM goodness in their collections, this could be a great addition!
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Perhaps the Museum of Modern art?
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1000 bucks and forget ebay!
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What do those smithsonion people know >:C Its THE first drawing ~
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They’ll want it in 50 or 100 years. It needs to be saved and protected until then.
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I’ll start the bid at $100. I’m not kidding either. I’m in the process of purchasing a house and can think of no better work of art to christian my new home.
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Well I dont know about you guys but I, and I suggest everyone to email the Smithsonian. Something along the lines of:
Dear Smithsonian, I am a tourist travelling around your fine country and have an interest in your museum. I have heard that you recently recieved the ORIGIONAL piece of art depicting Pastafarian creation from the prophet Bobby Henderson. Is this piece on display, and if not when will it be on display so that I may time my visit to see it.
Thank you
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I think all the believers should gather around this museum with all the FSM-prooving items…
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This celestial work has obviously been touched by his noodly appendage, therefore, it shows no signs of decay whatsoever. As you all know, he can alter anything in the universe at will.รง
RAmen
Potatoeman
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Screw Smithsonian! Make a FSM museum/church! That is what HE is trying to tell you. You know what else the Smithsonian does not have a lot of? Pirate artifacts. Coincidence? I think not.
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HEY!
I WANNA BUY IT!!!
HOW MUCH?
TELL ME!
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In fact you can sell me any FSM draw if you draw it.
contact me
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