What does the Flying Spaghetti Monster stand for?
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The Flying Spaghetti Monster can't stand, it just kind of lays there and noodles around.\n\nAll oyster are evil, the purple oyster is especially evil.
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Spaghetti \n\nA wealthy man was having an affair with an Italian woman for a few years.\nOne night, during one of their rendezvous, she confided in him that she was pregnant.\nNot wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage, he paid her a large sum of money if she would go to Italy to have the child. If she stayed in Italy,\nhe would also provide child support until the child turned 18.\nShe agreed, but wondered how he would know when the baby was born. To keep it discrete, he told her to mail him a post card, and write "Spaghetti" on the back. He would then arrange for child support.\nOne day, about 9 months later, he came home to his confused wife.\n"Honey," she said, "you received a very strange post card today."\n"Oh, just give it to me and I'll explain it later," he said.\nThe wife obeyed, and watched as her husband read the card, turned white, and fainted.\nOn the card was written "Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti. Two with meatballs, one without." \n------------------------------------------------------------\nThe Good Napkins \n\nMy mother taught me to read when I was four years old (her first mistake). \nOne day, I was in the bathroom and noticed one of the cabinet doors was ajar. I read the box in the cabinet. I then asked my mother why she was keeping 'napkins' in the bathroom. Didn't they belong in the kitchen? \nNot wanting to burden me with unnecessary facts, she told me that those were for "special occasions." \nNow fast forward a few months .... It's Thanksgiving Day, and my folks are leaving to pick up the pastor and his wife for dinner. Mom had assignments for all of us while they were gone. Mine was to set the table. \nWhen they returned, the pastor came in first and immediately burst into laughter. Next came his wife who gasped, then began giggling. Next came my father, who roared with laughter. Then came Mom, who almost died of embarrassment when she saw each place setting on the table with a "special occasion" napkin at each plate, with the fork carefully arranged on top. I had even tucked the little tails in so they didn't hang off the edge!! \nMy mother asked me why I used these and, of course, my response sent the other adults into further fits of laughter. \n"But, Mom, you SAID they were for special occasions!"
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Actually I support the church of the flying spaghetti monster, as described by venganza.org.  I believe that a giant spaghetti monster created the universe.  The website explains it way better than I can, but basically the world was created by an invisible flying spaghetti monster who requires everyone to dress like pirates and all natural disasters are because of the shrinking number of pirates. He also likes us to think the world is older than it really is and messes up carbon-dating with his noodly appendage.  we have many written volumes of his creation of the earth ,"none of us, of course were around to see it, but we have written accounts of it"  and my favorite part: "I think we can all look forward to the time when these three theories are given equal time in our science classrooms across the country, and eventually the world; One third time for Intelligent Design, one third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, and one third time for logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence"\n\nI also believe in the "Intelligent Falling" theory and think that it should be given equal time in all physics classrooms along with the unproven, ridiculous theory of gravity. Of course, all objects stay on the earth because God or some other more powerful being is pushing them down.
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The correct term is "deus ex machina," and literally, it means "God from the machine."\n\nIt's when something quite improbable happens at the end of a story... realizing it was just a dream, or when a hero shows up at the last moment unexpectedly with the solution to the problem.  It could even be used to refer to a "twist" or unexpected ending.\n\nIt originates form Greek theatre, when a machine (like a crane) would lower actors playing God onto the stage, where they would resolve the problematic storyline.
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Whilst they're at it, why not teach alternatives to the "theory" of gravity, namely "intelligent falling" and the fact that the Flying Spaghetti Monster holds us on the Earth by pressing down with his Noodly Appendages (proof: as the Earth's population increases, people get taller, due to fewer appendages touching each of us).
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It's a parody of religion drawn up to hopefully show the creationists how silly their push for fantasy in the classrooms is.\n\nThe point is that the worship of the Flying Spaghetti Monster makes as much sense as what the christians carry on about. If magic is to be taught as science, than all silly ideas have to be given equal weight. The FSM should be given equal time in the classroom if they're going to open that door.\n\nRAmen!
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What is the context - that is, where are you seeing that symbol?  On food, it might mean vegetarian or vegan; at a political rally, it may mean victory; if it's a graphic novel or upcoming movie, it means vendetta (V for Vendetta); if it's an '80s TV series, it means the aliens are coming.
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Have no fear.\n\nFor it is written that all acts of eating pasta are sacred rituals in the FSM's honor, yea, even unto the whole wheat or rice noodle.\n\nPastafarian 25:6
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I believe a miracle when I see one. \n\nEthereal Lasagna Lady is FSM's female alter-ego. FSM and lasagna lady are one. \n\nDon't fight, children!
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The flying spaghetti monster will rip you from your body, and take you away.
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Ever heard of circular creation:\n\n\nHave you ever wondered if the world really exists? Maybe this is all one big computer generated illusion and our brains are in a lab somewhere and all of this is an illusion, like in the movie The Matrix. If all of reality is really fiction then having a fictional creator make sense. The Flying Spaghetti Monster(or Pink Unicorn, Chistian God or which ever fictional God) represents the creator of the fiction we live in. We created him so that he can create us. Reality creating fiction, fiction creating reality. This is the theory of circular creationism. The creator creates the creation, which in turn creates the creator. If you think about it, most of the religions of the world already use this model of creationism.
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all hail flying sapaghetti monster
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The symbol in the background means juxtaposition of love and hate/anger, or life and death. The symbol is sported as a tattoo by many HIM fans, including professional skater and "Jackass" stuntman Bam Margera
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Unfortunately, I couldn't see your photo, but it's probably true. When we were younger we(two sisters and a brother)all saw a flying saucer. it stoped right over our heads, and just hovered. it was BIG. About the size of ,maybe a one bedroom house. It was round and kinda dark blue in color. It also made a real high pitched whistling noise. You could see some panels on the bottom,and there were things  that looked like the heads of huge hex machine bolts on them. The very bottom,the middle of it was spinning round. When all of us started screaming, it took off like the speed of light.
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Flying Spaghetti Monsterism seems a fast growing religion.\n\nThe beauty is that if you get fed up with it you can always eat your god in a spicy tomato sauce.
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The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.\n\nThere is a statistical correlation between global decrease in the number of pirates and increase in global temperature.  The Pastafarians (followers of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) attribute these changes to an overall increase in the degree of anger in the Flying Spaghetti Monster who finds Pirate regalia to be a Good Thing.
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A flying or floating pig is one of the symbols associated with the rock band Pink Floyd and often appeared at concerts in the form of a large pig balloon. \nThe original Pink Floyd pig was built in 1976 for the cover of the Animals album and flown for a photoshoot over Battersea Power Station. \nOn the second day of shooting the pig tore itself loose and floated away to be recovered in the evening from Kent. Flights to Heathrow had to be diverted for safety reasons.