Happy Lunching Fellow Spaghettiheads, Like beer with breakfast, our Reader Response of the Week pairs perfectly with this
week’s Wikipedia Friday Favorite. Thank you to the balletic Dani Namura of radical Oakland, California, for leading everyone into Pastafarianism, a kinda non-religious religion that believes (among not a whole lot) that "intelligent design" should not be taught in school because it’s really stupid, and it’s better to hop on the evolution bandwagon if it’s not too late for you personally.
But perhaps our born-again Pastafarians haven’t gone far enough. Because if we are going to discuss intelligent design, we should first ask: what does stupid design look like? Glad you asked! Please enjoy our
Product of the Week!
You don’t have to click on the link. It’s so annoying to click on stuff. We’ll just tell you. It’s a ceiling fan. It runs really good. Spins around and around and around like you wouldn’t believe. Thing is, this particular model spins so damn good that crap like fan blades and a light are not included, so what you get for $259.98 is a heavy thing on the ceiling that goes around and around practically forever. It’s like an airplane with safety equipment sold separately, but that would never happen.
Zonix Wet Custom 44" or 52" 3 Blade Outdoor DC Ceiling Fan - Light Kit and Blades Not Included
from the Pastafarian Flying Spaghetti Monster Collection
In the absence of actual fan blades, we have some nice ceiling fan poems in development to help you imagine cool dry air wafting across your damp, furrowed brow. Poetic licenses available for a small fee if you’d like to join the team. And in lieu of bitcoins, we are now accepting medium-sized bright shiny objects as well!
Fictionary Friday: Words you Need. Whether you know it or not.
Resistentialism (rez iss ten shul izm) Noun: The spiteful behavior displayed by inanimate objects.
In a sentence:The new ceiling fan, in a prideful display of resistentialism, would not accept the installation of any fan blades whatsoever.
Fizzdom Friday: from our collection of favorite quotes.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." – Albert Einstein
Friday Fluff:
We hereby take another wild stab at the perennially vexing riddle, "How Dumb Can Smart People Be?" Don’t worry, we don’t have the answer. Just one more reason to keep asking the question. Case in point: Amherst College is often ranked one of the best four-year educational institutions in the country. It has long cherished the team mascot, "The Amherst Lord Jeffreys," named for the pompous Brit who helped found the place after he did horrible things to native Americans. Well, at long last, way after they knew better, in 2017, Amherst woke up and changed the name of the team mascot. To what? The Mammoths. The Amherst Mammoths. Go Amherst Mammoths, Go!
And we say, Go Figure!
Write if (do) or (do not) prefer blades on your fan.
