# Prove to me that IPFUs exist. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 31, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441 "2004-03-31T01:02:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/21 "2004-03-31T04:27:15Z")
> [@](#): > > You hear about them all the time - everyone believes they exist, but no one is willing to give proof. Well, here’s your chance. I’m listening. Convince me. Why bother? If they do indeed exist, they exist independently of your belief or non-belief. Personally, I do not believe in automobiles. Oh, everyone I know says that I own one and that they see me driving in it every day, but I believe they are mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Somnambulist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Somnambulist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Somnambulist)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/22 "2004-03-31T11:58:13Z")
Define pink. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/23 "2004-03-31T12:11:04Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Personally, I do not believe in automobiles. Oh, everyone I know says that I own one and that they see me driving in it every day, but I believe they are mistaken. Don’t get drunk near anything that looks like these automobile thingys. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/24 "2004-03-31T12:45:53Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > In an infinite Universe all possible things must exist ergo Invisible Pink Flying Unicorns must exist. In an infinite universe, everything _possible_ must exist; things that are impossible don’t become more likely just because you give them elbow room. I know it’s a joke thread and I’m being serious, sorry. Are we allowed joke threads in GD? ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/25 "2004-03-31T12:52:38Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > In an infinite universe, everything _possible_ must exist; things that are impossible don’t become more likely just because you give them elbow room. > > I know it’s a joke thread and I’m being serious, sorry. > > Are we allowed joke threads in GD? Not in the infinite wisdom of the Straight Dope. /sorry, couldn’t res… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/26 "2004-03-31T13:24:28Z")
> [@InquisitiveIdiot](#): > > WTF!?! There aren’t any arguments here! I want some good, solid, incontrovertible proof. Otherwise you are all admitting the truth: that IPFUs really don’t exist! Aw, c’mon, give us more time. Even the Christians can’t agree on much after 2000 years. ---
**Author:** ![JackaRoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@JackaRoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackaRoe)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/27 "2004-03-31T13:37:35Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Maybe this has been asked before, but I’ll ask again: > > If they’re invisible, how can you say they’re pink? Well I can see him and he is pink, you on the otherhand can’t see him so he is invisible. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/28 "2004-03-31T14:34:45Z")
I don’t understand how the universe came about and hear voices that make me feel all warm and fuzzy. Undeniable proof for the existence of said unicorns! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![MMI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@MMI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MMI)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/29 "2004-03-31T16:54:59Z")
Just because the english language lacks the proper color word to describe her and is forced to use “pink” as a marginally adequate substitute in no way diminishes her existence. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/30 "2004-03-31T17:01:01Z")
Last night I woke up and I bumped into something, but I couldn’t see it, which proves it was invisible. Since the only invisible entity we know is the Invisible Pink Unicorn, that’s what it must have been. When I woke up this morning, it was gone. It must have flown away. Hence it was an IPFU. Q.E.D. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/31 "2004-03-31T17:12:42Z")
> [@InquisitiveIdiot](#): > > WTF!?! There aren’t any arguments here! I want some good, solid, incontrovertible proof. Otherwise you are all admitting the truth: that IPFUs really don’t exist! The other night she came to me while I was sleeping, and told me the secrets of the universe, which I will share with all of you after I finish writing my 687 page book, which I will sell in religion stores for a hefty price. I’m working on cutting down on the readability now. If you don’t believe me, you are not respecting my religion, and we can’t have that now, can we? (And my IPU does not fly. That is heresy, and I’ll pass a law against it as soon as my religion gets into power.) ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/32 "2004-03-31T17:39:31Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > The other night she came to me while I was sleeping, and told me the secrets of the universe, which I will share with all of you after I finish writing my 687 page book, which I will sell in religion stores for a hefty price. I’m working on cutting down on the readability now. If you don’t believe me, you are not respecting my religion, and we can’t have that now, can we? > > (And my IPU does not fly. That is heresy, and I’ll pass a law against it as soon as my religion gets into power.) Just curious. Was that a reference to the BOM? Not that I am against swipeing at that nonsence, I was just want to know if I got your meaning. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/33 "2004-03-31T17:47:21Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > In an infinite universe, everything _possible_ must exist; things that are impossible don’t become more likely just because you give them elbow room. > > I know it’s a joke thread and I’m being serious, sorry. > > Are we allowed joke threads in GD? Well strictly speaking not even everything possible has to exist, but I doubt that the OP wanted to get into such muddy water. And any measure on the entire infinite universe would have a zero probability. (an Infinite Universe having Infinite possible states, the actual state of the universe would have zero probability. Though it can be argued that zero probability should not be considered equivalent to impossable.) ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/34 "2004-03-31T17:53:31Z")
There is all this talk about the IPFU not beign able to be both invisible and pink at the same time. This betrays a lack of understanding about the duality of essence of the IPFU. The IPFU exists simultaneously as both pink and invisble such that it can exist in this color-defined world and interact with other colored beings and at the same time be part of a higher order existence, ie invisible. ---
**Author:** ![Innanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecd19e/32.png) [@Innanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Innanna)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/35 "2004-03-31T18:54:36Z")
Well, you can either believe that IPUFs exist, or you can not. If you do believe that they exist, and they turn out not to exist, than you have lost nothing. If you do note believe, however, and they turn out to exist, think of the fool that you will appear and all of the lovely pink invisibleness and the free flights that you will have missed. So, it is far better to believe that IPUFs exist than not to so do. The choice is yours. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/36 "2004-03-31T20:29:00Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Maybe this has been asked before, but I’ll ask again: > > If they’re invisible, how can you say they’re pink? It’s a stab at the contradictory statements re the attibutes of the christian god (for instance there’s only one god, but still there are three of him). ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/37 "2004-03-31T21:01:46Z")
If I have a pink unicorn and the following occurs: 1)I put her on an airplane/aeroplane, 2)I retreat from said airplan/aeroplane, to the point I can no longer see her 3)the plane takes off and begins flying Do I now have an invisible flying pink unicorn? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/38 "2004-04-01T01:08:09Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > Just curious. Was that a reference to the BOM? Not that I am against swipeing at that nonsence, I was just want to know if I got your meaning. Not really, though it might have been subconscious. (I’ve never read the BOM, so I only have hearsay evidence about it.) However, any religious book that is unreadable allows multiple interpretations, which gets you out of trouble when you write something incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/39 "2004-04-01T01:24:10Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Not really, though it might have been subconscious. (I’ve never read the BOM, so I only have hearsay evidence about it.) However, any religious book that is unreadable allows multiple interpretations, which gets you out of trouble when you write something incorrect. [oh crap I hope he realizes I am just kidding, but I cannot resist] If it is unreadable, how can there be any interprtations much less multiple interpretations?[sorry it was an irresistable impulse, but I was smiling when I typed it] On a more serious note, I have read the BOM and my advice is it is not worth the trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441/40 "2004-04-01T05:55:47Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > On a more serious note, I have read the BOM and my advice is it is not worth the trouble. Ah, but I try to read every sf and fantasy book in my collection, (though I am now about 2,000 behind) and I’ve even read _Galaxy 666_ by Pel Torro. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prove-to-me-that-ipfus-exist/237441.md?page=3)