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  • Hell, I believe that some global warming theories are incorporated into flying spaghetti monsterism, and you know how many scientists are into that right?

    Matthew Yglesias » Cato’s David Boaz Joins George Will in Peddling Bogus “Global Cooling” Stories 2009

  • Web zen: drawing zen david goldin rob dobi mark ngui airtoons klonek rolitoland monsterism (shown here) andrew bell inky dreadfuls natalie dee toothpaste for dinner

    Boing Boing 2007

  • NEWMAN: Well, he's very, at least in this role, he is very understated, and it was really -- you had to be in close to see what was going on underneath that veil of monsterism.

    CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2008 2008

  • NEWMAN: Well, he's very, at least in this role, he is very understated, and it was really -- you had to be in close to see what was going on underneath that veil of monsterism.

    CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2008 2008

  • Not only does that open the door to the teaching of intelligent design creationism in the science classroom, it necessarily embraces other fields such as astrology, geocentrism and flying spaghetti monsterism.

    Evolution and religion 2005

  • Those who indulge in flying spaghetti monsterism should be aware that neutral Christians, ie, Christians only lightly adhereing to creationism because they have not yet been presented with the evidence for evolution will view flying sphaghetti monsterism as a mockery of their religion.

    Come right up and get your Flying Spaghetti Monster plush doll! - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • That is a difficult path to walk, and flying spaghetti monsterism fails completely.

    Come right up and get your Flying Spaghetti Monster plush doll! - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Not only does that open the door to the teaching of intelligent design creationism in the science classroom, it necessarily embraces other fields such as astrology, geocentrism and flying spaghetti monsterism.

    Archive 2005-11-01 Peggy 2005

  • NEWMAN: Well, he's very, at least in this role, he is very understated, and it was really -- you had to be in close to see what was going on underneath that veil of monsterism

    CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2004 2004

  • Technology has made a lot of that monsterism obsolete, '' said Greg Norman.

    U.S. Open notebook 1996

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  • I associate this word with an episode of The Simpsons in which (I'm recounting from memory) Bart is participating in a cola taste test. "Sweeeet," he says, as various parts of his body swell to unusual size. The lab tech records the effect as "Pleasant taste; some monsterism."

    November 28, 2009