# Our Bad Astronomer in the news again **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-bad-astronomer-in-the-news-again/234537 "2004-03-15T23:49:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-bad-astronomer-in-the-news-again/234537/1 "2004-03-15T23:49:27Z")
[http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery\_monday\_040315.html](http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_040315.html) Phil battle wackos who see faces in everything. Most interestingly, he proves his point with a face of Lenin that he found in the drops of water on his shower curtain. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-bad-astronomer-in-the-news-again/234537/2 "2004-03-16T02:13:49Z")
Thank gawd for our very own Bad Astronomer to debunk the wackos claims of nonsense. Thanks, Phil! ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-bad-astronomer-in-the-news-again/234537/3 "2004-03-16T06:19:10Z")
Man, he puts the smack down when riled, doesn’t he? That Lenin-in-the-shower is just creepy, though. ---
**Author:** ![LtningBug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@LtningBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LtningBug)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-bad-astronomer-in-the-news-again/234537/4 "2004-03-16T07:57:09Z")
Dude, he finds a picture of Lenin in his shower curtain, delivered by aliens, and he ignores the important message!!!1 It’s a sign that communism is the way the aliens run their society, which means we should all make our governments communist!!!1 Er, um, maybe that’s just the huge pile of frosted circus animal cookies I just ate speaking up. - note: '1’s added for your enjoyment. All natural. No preservatives. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-bad-astronomer-in-the-news-again/234537/5 "2004-03-16T09:03:47Z")
I like Phil’s posts on the SDMB, but I have to say ignoring the signs on the shower curtain is playing with fire. Phil, get out the tinfoil hat dude. When Lenin returns from Planet X after the coming of the Grand Flizboxentss, there will be hell to pay for non-seers. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-bad-astronomer-in-the-news-again/234537/6 "2004-03-16T10:46:54Z")
Freaky indeed, although it looks more like Castro to me. Anyway, I’m off to take a shower and see what _I_ can come up with. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bad_Astronomer)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-bad-astronomer-in-the-news-again/234537/7 "2004-03-21T23:23:58Z")
Sadly, shortly thereafter, my wife replaced the shower curtain with one that is water-resistant. Incidentally, others have said they see Colonel Sanders and Mark Twain in that image, not Lenin. But I think that proves my point about pareidolia. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-bad-astronomer-in-the-news-again/234537/8 "2004-03-21T23:53:47Z")
> [@The Bad Astronomer](#): > > Sadly, shortly thereafter, my wife replaced the shower curtain with one that is water-resistant. > > Incidentally, others have said they see Colonel Sanders and Mark Twain in that image, not Lenin. But I think that proves my point about pareidolia. Or perhaps it proves my long standing theory about the unwholly conspiracy through the ages between Mark Twain, Colonel Sanders, and Vladimir Lenin to control the world’s supply of shower curtains! Whaddaya have to say to _that_, Mr. Science? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-bad-astronomer-in-the-news-again/234537/9 "2004-03-22T00:20:33Z")
So… When you are _in_ the shower…do you see the worm? What? ---
**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-bad-astronomer-in-the-news-again/234537/10 "2004-03-22T01:03:46Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Or perhaps it proves my long standing theory about the unwholly conspiracy through the ages between Mark Twain, Colonel Sanders, and Vladimir Lenin to control the world’s supply of shower curtains! Whaddaya have to say to _that_, Mr. Science? Minor nitpick - Mark Twain, Colonel Sanders, and Lenin are the same person, wearing disguises. You ever see any of them together at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-bad-astronomer-in-the-news-again/234537/11 "2004-03-22T04:17:03Z")
> [@The Bad Astronomer](#): > > Sadly, shortly thereafter, my wife replaced the shower curtain with one that is water-resistant. > > Incidentally, others have said they see **Colonel Sanders** and Mark Twain in that image, not Lenin. But I think that proves my point about pareidolia. You fool. If only you’ll use a Ouija board in your bathroom, he’ll tell you the 11 herbs and spices recipe. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-bad-astronomer-in-the-news-again/234537/12 "2004-03-22T04:22:41Z")
Well I see skeletons and weird faces when I stare at my ceiling. Does that mean “they” are coming to get me? Besides, everyone knows Lenin isn’t from Planet X; he’s from Marklar.