# Pink unicorns

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-unicorns/83249>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 22, 2001, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-unicorns/83249 "2001-09-22T22:20:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-unicorns/83249/1 "2001-09-22T22:20:48Z")

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Does someone know who invented the “pink unicorn” concept(I’m refering to the counter-example given in so many debates about atheism, for the readers who wouldn’t know what I’m refering to), or where it appeared first?

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**Author:** ![\_Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/e47c2d/32.png) [@\_Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Tim)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-unicorns/83249/2 "2001-09-22T23:38:59Z")

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You mean the invisible pink unicorn? Well, I don’t know details, but some questions may be answered by[this](http://www.palmyra.demon.co.uk/humour/ipu.htm) site. According to that site, the initial revelations occured in the alt.altheism usenet forum.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-unicorns/83249/3 "2001-09-23T01:23:03Z")

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Really? And here I’ve thought that She made Her debut, so to speak, right here on the Dope. Live and learn.

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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-unicorns/83249/4 "2001-09-23T03:09:03Z")

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I think it is time I confessed: _ **I** _ am the Invisble Pink Unicorn.

You may all start bestowing me with gifts of spam and cheese now.

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**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-unicorns/83249/5 "2001-09-23T04:32:55Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \*  
> \*\*I think it is time I confessed: _ **I** _ am the Invisble Pink Unicorn.
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> You may all start bestowing me with gifts of spam and cheese now. \*\*

I don’t know about that, **Spoofe** - the [Spam worshipers](http://www.stampo.com/spam.html) might not like it.

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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-unicorns/83249/6 "2001-09-23T06:42:50Z")

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Thank you for the answer and the link (Tim), I’m beginning to read the site, it seems to be really fun.