I was in Florence with my dad many years ago and he told me about the Museum of Science with the finger of Galileo that he had seen when he back-packed in Europe in the 70s. Unfortunately the museum had just closed by the time we got there and so we decided to go into the nice Basilica , Santa Croce Basilica, across the street. I recall asking where Galileo was buried and as we walked into the church I got my answer. It was pretty cool.

/never saw the finger of Galileo though :(

Oh mama mia, mama mia!
Mama mia, leave him alone!

It would be criminal not to +1 this.

Cheese and rice ,mother farker had a finger like ET.
Oh and golf clap for the headline.

I didn't know the church branded him until I read the sidebar

Ow

SwiftFox: I didn't know the church branded him until I read the sidebar

Ow

Pretty sure it's not literal.

♫ I took a little souvenir-o of a man
Stole a tooth, stole a tooth, fingers and a ver-te-bra
Hidden out of sight, but now they'll see the light again
GALILEO galileo GALILEO galileo Galileo Figaro
Magnificoooooo ♫

Oh, gonorrhea, gonorrhea!

The birdy finger of Galileo is a much cooler relic to have in your family than the supposed cup of Christ. :(

Sorry, Tom, I cannot name that tune.

*Big frysquint for subby*

Middle finger should always be oriented towards Rome and the Pope.

+1 G for subby

+1 also.

Would have made a great T-Shirt, oh well.

Can't get the damn song out of my head now, thanks.

Is this just stealing?
Is it grave robbery?
Caught at the casket
Defiled for eternity.

global wombats:

Can't get the damn song out of my head now, thanks.

That's okay, it's a great (^) song to get stuck in your head. (Subbys' reference starts at 3:10)

Well done subby.

I wonder why the theives chose those parts to take. I, myself, am a spleen-man.

Thunder bolts and lightning to Subby for that magnificent headline.

This guy is good. 400 years and he is still giving Italy the finger.

Good start, poor finish.

thisispete: Is this just stealing?
Is it grave robbery?
Caught at the casket
Defiled for eternity.

Open your eyes
look at the guise of pi-e-ty

I'm just a poor boy
I need no bull sh*ttery

because I'm easy come
easy go
little high
little low

any way the chuch goes
doesn't really matter to me...

Speaking of which: I don't believe these nutters have the bones of Galileo any more than I think Bush's drunk grandpa grabbed the bones of Geronimo. We all know the track record of the Bush family, and we all know the track record of the Catholic Church: They don't have the burial cloth of Jesus, they have a forgery that let's them manipulate followers a little longer. They don't have fragments of the cross that Jesus was crucified on, they have some wood from any number of martyrs. They don't the bones of Galileo, they have something that allows the Vatican Gift Shop to capitalize on a man they demonized for his entire life.

What a sick bunch of cultists. As if they shouldn't be more ashamed of themselves, they have the nerve to announce they're going to "wheel out the bones of Galileo", too.

If they feel they have his bones, they should give him a decent burial and not attempt to align themselves with this great man of SCIENCE. What a heresy. What's next? We have the dick of Carl Sagan?

"lets", even.

grrrrr....

Best. Headline. Ever.

MoonPirate: Well done subby.

I wonder why the theives chose those parts to take. I, myself, am a spleen-man.

Close enough.

Mōtōrhead or go the fark home.

Queen is a terrible band. One of the most overrated ever. Along with Bon Jovi who makes me want to kill when I hear Living on a Prayer.

HaywoodJablonski: Good start, poor finish.

Dammit, dammit, dammit, you're right!

Rushing to submit a headline early results in sloppy work. It would have been better as:

♫ I took a little souvenir-o of a man
Stole a tooth, stole a tooth, fingers and a ver-te-bra
Hidden out of sight, but now they'll see the light again
GALILEO galileo GALILEO galileo Galileo is now whole
Magnificoooooo ♫

/FA-IL-ze-bub has a devil put aside for me
//For meee
///For meeeeeeee

Golfclap for subby.

/new band

Thanks subby. Would +1 if I still could, headline of the year material here.

BEst musical headline in for quite sometime! Subby a winner is you!

I'm just a poor boy

/From a poor fam-i-ly

Im just a poor thief, nobody loves me
He's a poor digit thief, he took phalanges

Waitaminnit. Are you trying to tell me the earth revolves around the sun!?! We don't believe in that communist free-thinking style of things in South Carolina! In reality, the sun revolves around Fort Sumter.

Bravo subby. +1. would LOL again.

/but this is how the tune went in my head:

i am the very model of a modern major-general.
I've information; veg-etable, animal and mineral
I know the kings of england and i qoute the fights...GALILEO!...etc

now they're battling for suprememcy in my mind. there can be only one.

+1

oukewldave: Queen is a terrible band. One of the most overrated ever. Along with Bon Jovi who makes me want to kill when I hear Living on a Prayer.

1/10

Obvious troll is obvious. Try harder next time.

oukewldave: Queen is a terrible band. One of the most overrated ever. Along with Bon Jovi who makes me want to kill when I hear Living on a Prayer.

While I would agree with you on Bon Jovi I have to disagree with you on Queen.

glenlivid:

What's next? We have the dick of Carl Sagan?

Approves
(misses billions and
billions of inches)

/ Window seat, no smoking, no burning, Kosher meal.

Magnificent headline Subby!!!!





+1

Canadian Canuck: oukewldave: Queen is a terrible band. One of the most overrated ever. Along with Bon Jovi who makes me want to kill when I hear Living on a Prayer.

1/10

Obvious troll is obvious. Try harder next time.

1/10? I think He's Halfway There!

Glad it wasn't an ABBA song.

Excellent headline, but subby sounds a little Queenish to me!

/nttawwt