FSM Leaves Clue on London Underground

I’ve mentioned previously about how the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) may be leaving us clues about His impending manifestation on Earth. I think I just spotted another, and it’s rather significant.

A series of articles in BoingBoing have recently highlighted the fun that can be had by using anagrams of station names on tube maps, and one article in particular described how Transport for London (TFL) were attempting censor the publisher of one such anagram map because it infringed on their copyright.

It’s a bit of a kneejerk reaction, but I can understand their desire to protect what must be a jolly good revenue stream.

The revenue stream is, of course, linked to that specific map, and the relevance of that map is now diminishing, in part thanks to a fabulous example of what can be done with Google Earth – where the route of every London Underground line has now been modeled.

It was whilst looking at this insanely cool map (and wondering if TFL could claim copyright on it because they own the design of the track, and therefore the shape) that the clue became apparent, writ large over, under and throughout the whole of Greater London.

Here’s what the London Underground network looks like when viewed from the north west:

Anyone familiar with pastafarianiam will immediately spot that TFL cannot claim copyright because of prior art; and not just any old prior art, but the original drawing of the FSM Himself.

TFL may argue that their track shape existed before Bobby Henderson’s 2005 drawing of the FSM, but the FSM must have existed before TFL’s track, in order to first create the universe in which the track resides; so if any copyright is held on the shape, then it must be with the FSM Himself!

Yarrrr!

This is without doubt, one of the largest clues that the FSM has ever left for His loyal pirate followers, who will surely redouble their pirately activities, prime the beer kegs and await the coming of the FSM, for the London Underground Network is indeed designed in the shape of His Noodly Self.

This similarity is not a wind up, that really is the shape of the london underground, and that really is Bobby Henderson’s unaltered drawing from his open letter to the Kansas School Board.

I’m off to get my pirate costume dry cleaned; I want to look my best when He arrives.