1. Comment #114183 by NewSkeptic on January 21, 2008 at 1:49 pm

Tiktaalik should certainly feature, given its relative prominence as an evolutionary talking point.

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2. Comment #114194 by theantitheist on January 21, 2008 at 2:05 pm

Maybe a bulldog with a tiktaalik between his jaws shaking it!!

Darwins Bulldog takes evolution by the teeth!!

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3. Comment #114203 by Dr Technical on January 21, 2008 at 2:26 pm

I think one of the stupid Christian fish symbols that you find on the back of cars would be a much better candidate for a bull dog mouthful.

Alternatively:

Three monkeys sitting next to a priest, with the caption, "Evolve - we did".

A picture of Mike Huckabee standing next to Anne Robinson, with the caption, "You are the missing link, good bye".

A baby child, with Bin Laden and Darwin looking down on them, with the caption, "Who would you rather have teaching YOUR children ?"

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4. Comment #114220 by Socrates on January 21, 2008 at 3:14 pm

gdhughes: done and done.

I set one up ages ago: http://hs.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5453992873

See also:
http://hs.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2231839961
http://hs.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2405755484

You'll also find other events for local celebrations.

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5. Comment #114223 by Slyer on January 21, 2008 at 3:18 pm

Brilliant ideas Dr Technical! My birthday is on the 13th :D

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6. Comment #114226 by rejohnsonil on January 21, 2008 at 3:23 pm

i understand why bulldog would be good, but perhaps a more subtle and apropos image would be a beagle instead? :)

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7. Comment #114259 by Dr Technical on January 21, 2008 at 4:34 pm

Here's another one

Four of the most brightly coloured, oddly shaped, intriguing beetles, with the caption, "John, Paul, George,Ringo and one million other species of beetle wish Charles Darwin a happy birthday!"

I guess I should crank out a photo package and knock some of these up.

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8. Comment #114281 by athegan on January 21, 2008 at 6:13 pm

Here's another one

Four of the most brightly coloured, oddly shaped, intriguing beetles, with the caption, "John, Paul, George,Ringo and one million other species of beetle wish Charles Darwin a happy birthday!"

Sounds good to me :)

Happy Darwin Day everyone and lets work on the cards !!

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9. Comment #114287 by cerbera on January 21, 2008 at 6:50 pm

Without wishing to wee on anyone's fireworks, may I suggest that E-cards are not a good thing to be sending anywhere, given the recent proliferation of E-card spam mails that redirect to supremely dodgy sites. I would venture that no-one of any basic computer security knowledge would now even think about clicking on any E-card link they were sent, perhaps even if they knew the (apparent)sender. And rightly so in most cases.

So - maybe another format is preferable ? Possibly an email-able Jpg (although of course most email apps also block pictures from display by default), or perhaps a flash presentation hosted on an existing web site where people could click an email link to view it. Or even a mailable powerpoint presentation, such as they are...

But I quite agree, it would be nice to send round something...

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10. Comment #114291 by flistr8 on January 21, 2008 at 7:44 pm

Three monkeys and a priest is cracking me up...good one Dr. Unfortunately, I can't share it with anyone here at work. The guy next to me just confided that his church is coming up with the money for a new high school, Pope John Paul High School. Thank dog for the internets.

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11. Comment #114310 by ghuckin on January 21, 2008 at 10:29 pm

How about a cartoon of Gutenberg running off copies of the Origin on his printing press, over the caption "If only Darwin had been born 400 years earlier"

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12. Comment #114313 by DavidMarsh on January 21, 2008 at 11:12 pm

Feb 12th is Darwins Birthday

(Sorry to spell it out, but I missed why the date was significant and thought it might have been the publishing date of "On the Origin of Species" or something like that)

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13. Comment #114329 by bujin on January 22, 2008 at 12:54 am

I like the idea of Darwin Day cards. And I can think of a couple of people to send them to as well.

Kent Hovind. Michael Behe. Ken Ham*.

I think they'd all appreciate the sentiment.



* the AiG chap, not the astronaut... ;o)

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14. Comment #114337 by will young on January 22, 2008 at 2:07 am

I am willing to collaborate with anyone who has an idea, but lacks the software or artistic ability to actually produce the e-card.

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15. Comment #114347 by Twopints on January 22, 2008 at 3:14 am

How about, a selection of pictures of animals and plants, from the past and present with the caption.

Happy Birthday Darwin from the transitional forms.

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16. Comment #114350 by JamieR on January 22, 2008 at 3:27 am

Whats a E-Card?

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17. Comment #114351 by Steve Zara on January 22, 2008 at 3:30 am

Whats a E-Card?
A "card" sent by e-mail. It usually then gives you a link to click, and you see a web page with a message and perhaps some kind of animation in.

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18. Comment #114352 by JamieR on January 22, 2008 at 3:34 am

I take it we are not expected to make a web page though lol just the card like

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19. Comment #114357 by bluebird on January 22, 2008 at 4:00 am

rejohnsonil, aye, 'tis a seaworthy quip/idea :)

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20. Comment #114369 by riemann on January 22, 2008 at 4:53 am

I realise it's not quite fair to Darwin, but here's one: Darwin is wearing a party hat, a background poster reads 'Happy Darwin Day', all sorts of animals and plants partying around, obviously a celebration thing going on. Darwin, having just opened his gift, The Selfish Gene, thinks (after Huxley) the following:

"How extremely stupid of me not to have thought of that! This Dawkins fellow has got game."

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21. Comment #114388 by Richard Morgan on January 22, 2008 at 6:15 am

The ghost of Darwin smiles approvingly at Neil Shubin (in a laboratory setting) who is saying gleefully, "Eureka! I've found the shell-fish gene!"

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22. Comment #114395 by BicycleRepairMan on January 22, 2008 at 6:32 am

Tiktaalik should certainly feature, given its relative prominence as an evolutionary talking point.

I took you up on that :) my submission
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1746/darwindayvb8.jpg

Warning:Experienced photoshop eyes may start bleeding. I am sorry.

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23. Comment #114403 by tatestreet on January 22, 2008 at 6:45 am

How about the evolution of man image with one on the primates holding a party balloon and wearing a party hat?

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24. Comment #114407 by tatestreet on January 22, 2008 at 6:53 am

Or, how about an illustration showing the evolution of the birthday cake! Start with the one-layer cake, followed by the stone cake. Man discovers fire, so the next cake has a candle. And so on.

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25. Comment #114433 by Jefe on January 22, 2008 at 7:55 am

http://www.usertest.shawbiz.ca/darwinday1.gif

http://www.usertest.shawbiz.ca/darwinday2.gif

http://www.usertest.shawbiz.ca/darwinday3.gif

Some simple ones.

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26. Comment #114445 by bluehillside on January 22, 2008 at 8:06 am

Or how about one of those evolutionary family tree thingies with Autralopithecus etc towards the bottom, but with "H. Religious Believer" about half way up (maybe opposite "H. Neanderthalensis") on the dead end branches an "H. Rationalis" at the top. Underneath the whole thing would be "12 FEBRUARY:DARWIN DAY"

Too subtle maybe?

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27. Comment #114465 by RichardPrins on January 22, 2008 at 8:52 am

No need for complex web pages, etc. A nice image will do just fine! Though if someone is able to make something in, let's say Flash, that would be cool too!

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28. Comment #114475 by jshuey on January 22, 2008 at 9:20 am

"Kent Hovind. Michael Behe. Ken Ham*.

I think they'd all appreciate the sentiment."

Especially Kent...It must get lonely sitting in that jail cell.

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29. Comment #114507 by Paula Kirby on January 22, 2008 at 10:43 am

How about one of a chimp looking at a picture of Michael Behe and saying, "Hey, just think - before we evolved, we used to be that stupid too!"?

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30. Comment #114519 by Epinephrine on January 22, 2008 at 11:02 am

I think we need one with the bacterial flagellum - unfortunately I am no artist.

Oooh, or perhaps a twist on the "it's turtles all the way down" logic, showing fossils of turtle evolution at different depths, "it's *not* turtles all the way down".

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31. Comment #114525 by Paula Kirby on January 22, 2008 at 11:15 am

Or a sequence of pictures in their correct evolutionary order:

a bacterium, a reptile, a dinosaur, a bird, a mammal, an ape, a hominid, a homo sapiens - and then a big question mark and the words "Whatever next?"

It never does any harm to remind people that homo sapiens is just passing through and not the final word.

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32. Comment #114531 by morgantj on January 22, 2008 at 11:25 am

I have submitted 5 entries to darwincards@richarddawkins.net. I'm not sure if it is right to post links to them here yet, or just wait for the judges to decide?

I like many of the ideas here as well, like Epinephrine's idea of a artistic flagellum and Paula Kirby's "evolutionary order" idea, etc...

If I can make time, I will try my hand at these designs, and submit them. I wonder what the deadline is, or when the favorites will be posted.

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33. Comment #114588 by Jain on January 22, 2008 at 12:40 pm

How about an ape with a big white beard a beer and a party hat sitting next to Darwin,who also has a party hat, with a caption from the ape, who's pointing at Darwin saying 'He invited me to the party, I'm his grandad!'

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34. Comment #114598 by FXR on January 22, 2008 at 12:54 pm

How about a line of graphics
of man evolving and along the way at the neandertal stage he's using a church spire as a club and when he finally stands upright he's just thrown off the weight of the cross that was weighing him down and preventing him reachin his full height?

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35. Comment #114614 by bluehillside on January 22, 2008 at 1:26 pm

OK, got it. How about that famous picture with the crouching ape on the left and a series of evolving figures to the right of it ending with modern man. Only here the penultimate figure is a bishop in full regalia (or a Jerry Falwell figure, or a group of clerics) and the final, evolved figure is Charles Darwin.

As before, underneath the caption: 12 FEBRUARY: DARWIN DAY

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36. Comment #114620 by FXR on January 22, 2008 at 1:29 pm

Or man evolving along an incline while the number of gods decline to where there is barely one left.

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37. Comment #114627 by Ultraviolet G on January 22, 2008 at 1:38 pm

>>"John, Paul, George,Ringo and one million other species of beetle wish Charles Darwin a happy birthday!"

Winner! More like this.
Simple, clever and a good opportunity for a lovely visual image.

I think "smart alec" political comments should be avoided like the plague, they look cheap, date quickly, and don't do justice to the ideas.

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38. Comment #114632 by D'Arcy on January 22, 2008 at 1:41 pm

How about one of God designing some lethal bacterium, with Behe, Ham et al looking on adoringly.

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39. Comment #114633 by Ultraviolet G on January 22, 2008 at 1:42 pm

>>How about the evolution of man image with one on the primates holding a party balloon and wearing a party hat?

Also good.

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40. Comment #114637 by bluehillside on January 22, 2008 at 1:43 pm

Except they were called the Beatles...

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41. Comment #114640 by annabanana on January 22, 2008 at 1:48 pm

Paula, I like your idea, but you're forgetting everything between bacteria and vertebrates! You can't leave out the molluscs and cnidaria! What about the sea squirts and fish?

I do like it, though. If I had a Mac I'd make a graphic. Stupid PCs.

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42. Comment #114702 by Reverie on January 22, 2008 at 3:23 pm

I've mailed my submission to the address above, but just wanted to give a heads up here to credit Dr Technical for the monkey/priest idea :)

Scanned in a quick sketch earlier and did a little colouring, hope you like it :)

http://daydreamjunkie.deviantart.com/art/Darwin-Day-Evolve-we-did-75335964

~Sarah

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43. Comment #114749 by blods on January 22, 2008 at 5:32 pm

2000 years of persecution based on faith!
4 billion years of evolution based on evidence!
Happy Darwin Day

or

Thank God for Darwin

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44. Comment #114750 by Slyer on January 22, 2008 at 5:35 pm

Nice work Sarah, I envy people with artistic abilities!

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45. Comment #114784 by Mbee on January 22, 2008 at 7:48 pm

How about a card with the 'eye' evolution images.
I don't know where the original drawings came from but I know RD has used it a lot.

While we're on the subject most of the ideas posted would also be great for T-shirts in addition to the Darwin Day cards.

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46. Comment #114800 by will young on January 22, 2008 at 9:33 pm

Sending cards to your representatives in government is a great idea Beth. You can be sure each of my bible-toting redneck congressional delegates are going to receive one!

And for those who think they have no artistic talent just think of "art" as visual Karaoke; simply toss back a few and go for it.

If you don't have the software look for a demo or shareware version of a simple drawing or image editor…raster would probably be easier than vector.

I haven't heard a bad idea yet I have to say.

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47. Comment #114845 by Obecalp on January 23, 2008 at 3:12 am

Speaking of 'pictures', can anyone please give me a link to that picture with Jesus showing God the 'international hand sign' while they're both sitting in the clouds?

- Could also be on that e-card, although, admittedly, it's too provocative to raise any consciousness...

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48. Comment #114872 by j.mills on January 23, 2008 at 4:59 am

Hmm. Don't most of these ideas support the creationist position that evolution by natural selection is the opposite of religion? It's not DAWKINS Day! It was irrational to believe in gods long before Darwin.

Natural selection is "the best damn idea anybody ever had". Cards should celebrate it on its own merits, not as a gloating tool.

(I appear to have my po-faced head on today...)

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49. Comment #114880 by Ultraviolet G on January 23, 2008 at 5:29 am

>>bluehillside
"Except they were called the Beatles... "

You mean the band? True, but by an amazingly unlikely coincidence - "beatles" and "beetles" have EXACTLY the same pronunciation! It is something called a "pun". Notice the original text spelled "beetles" correctly, and the "beetles" were the ones sending greetings.

>>j.mills

I agree. Why "gloat" about something so obviously true? It gets stale quickly. Let's celebrate!

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50. Comment #114959 by JamieR on January 23, 2008 at 9:30 am

I sent just one to the address but it took ages to get right

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