# Og vs. Flying Spaghetti Monster **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [August 26, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732 "2005-08-26T14:37:05Z") **Posts on this page:** 19 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/1 "2005-08-26T14:37:05Z")
Who wins? ---
### Author: ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/2 "2005-08-26T14:45:51Z")
If being able to type it quickly and easily counts … Og. definitely Og. ---
### Author: ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/3 "2005-08-26T14:49:10Z")
If it comes down to noodly goodness… ---
### Author: ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/4 "2005-08-26T14:49:20Z")
OOOOGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!! :o ---
### Author: ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/5 "2005-08-26T15:21:36Z")
Og smash!!! ---
### Author: ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/6 "2005-08-26T15:25:07Z")
No contest: Og would eat the Flying Spaghetti Monster in one bite. ---
### Author: ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/7 "2005-08-26T16:35:48Z")
Og. Most definitely Og. ---
### Author: ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/8 "2005-08-26T16:39:06Z")
Og wins a Googlefight by [a substantial margin](http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=og&word2=flying+spaghetti+monster). But the FSM advocates piracy, and I like wearing eyepatches. ---
### Author: ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/9 "2005-08-26T16:52:13Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Og wins a Googlefight by [a substantial margin](http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=og&word2=flying+spaghetti+monster). How could I not have known about Googlefight ? :eek: ---
### Author: ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/10 "2005-08-26T16:53:09Z")
> [@Pixisis](#): > > How could I not have known about Googlefight ? :eek: The real question is how did **Hal** , the Googlefight _King_, not get to it before I did? 🙂 ---
### Author: ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/11 "2005-08-26T17:14:30Z")
Surprisingly, Og wins [this fight](http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Og&word2=Cthulhu) too! ---
### Author: ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/12 "2005-08-26T18:15:43Z")
Ahhh, but if we [get specific](http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Og+smash%21%21&word2=flying+spaghetti+monster) with Og, then we have a very, very close match. > [@Draelin](#): > > The real question is how did **Hal** , the Googlefight _King_, not get to it before I did? 🙂 I have no excuse. :o ---
### Author: ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/13 "2005-08-26T18:18:38Z")
Flying Spaghetti Monster wins easily. I mean, he has [merchandise](http://www.cafepress.com/venganza/)! ---
### Author: ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/14 "2005-08-26T18:18:38Z")
The [Invisible Pink Unicorn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_unicorn) wins it in one round. ---
### Author: ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/15 "2005-08-26T19:48:33Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > Surprisingly, Og wins [this fight](http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Og&word2=Cthulhu) too! Even more surprising, Og gets [this one.](http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Og&word2=Jesus) :eek: ---
### Author: ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/16 "2005-08-26T21:55:24Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Even more surprising, Og gets [this one.](http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Og&word2=Jesus) :eek: umm. actually Og loses by 800,000 ---
### Author: ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/17 "2005-08-26T22:03:54Z")
> [@Pixisis](#): > > umm. actually Og loses by 800,000 How very odd…I checked that link when **rjung** first posted it, and Og won by a narrow margin. … :eek: Someone is trying to kill off Og! Ooooo, he ain’t gonna be happy about _that_… :: ducks off out of _ **Smash!!** _ area :: ---
### Author: ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump) #### Post date: [August 30, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/18 "2005-08-30T16:31:26Z")
> [@Pixisis](#): > > umm. actually Og loses by 800,000 Not when I ran it. Og won by over 3 million. ---
### Author: ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis) #### Post date: [August 30, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/318732/19 "2005-08-30T16:37:37Z")
yup. ijust ran it again. Og won by 3,300,000 this time. odd indeed.