Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy had this in the opening about the origin of the universe with believers living in fear of the coming of the great handkerchief.
And just when I thought the Big Bang Theory was gaining in the polls, along comes the Big Sneeze Theory. I guess it’s ok, seeing they are theories just trying to explain (how) it all started. Hey, look at these new James Webb Telescope images! Ooooooo.
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
Many races believe that it was created by some sort of God, though the Jatravartid people of Viltvodle VI believe that the entire Universe was in fact sneezed out of the nose of a being called the Great Green Arkleseizure.
The Jatravartids, who live in perpetual fear of the time they call The Coming of The Great White Handkerchief, are small blue creatures with more than fifty arms each, who are therefore unique in being the only race in history to have invented the aerosol deodorant before the wheel.
However, the Great Green Arkleseizure Theory is not widely accepted outside Viltvodle VI and so, the Universe being the puzzling place it is, other explanations are constantly being sought.-Douglas Adams, “The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.”
Douglas Adams: “… the Jatravartid people of Viltvodle VI believe that the entire Universe was in fact sneezed out of the nose of a being called the Great Green Arkleseizure. The Jatravartids, who live in perpetual fear of the time they call The Coming of The Great White Handkerchief…”
See also: the Great Green Arkleseizure, worshipped by the Jartravids. They fear an apocalyptic event known as the coming of the great white handkerchief.
While most of us associate this as a reference to Douglas Adams’ “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy”, it also appeared in “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” (1963) by Roger Zelanzy, a full decade before Hitchhiker.
“the Jatravartid people of Viltvodle VI believe that theentire Universe was in fact sneezed out of the nose of a beingcalled the Great Green Arkleseizure.The Jatravartids, who live in perpetual fear of the time theycall The Coming of The Great White Handkerchief, are small bluecreatures with more than fifty arms each, who are thereforeunique in being the only race in history to have invented theaerosol deodorant before the wheel.” – Douglas Adams
GreasyOldTam about 1 year ago
Makes as much sense as any other one.
sirbadger about 1 year ago
Does the deity bless himself after sneezing?
suv2000 about 1 year ago
It could have been a worst Theory instead of sneeze it could have come out to rear
I Mad Am I about 1 year ago
That would explain the multitude of bacteria we have on the planet!
Erse IS better about 1 year ago
Yeah. I’ve seen this idea done in more than one science fiction or and fantasy story.
Superfrog about 1 year ago
Sounds like a Nostrildamous Theory.
Bilan about 1 year ago
Maybe most of the universe came from God’s sneeze, but the black holes came from somewhere else.
SameAsOldFfred about 1 year ago
Also known as the Great Green Arkleseizure.
railbuff about 1 year ago
I’m glad I’m not the only person to know this was lifted from Douglas Adams.
Say What? Premium Member about 1 year ago
After she sneezed, she had to bless herself since no one else was around yet.
Imagine about 1 year ago
Gesundheit.
fjblume2000 about 1 year ago
And notice how the crowd goes wild!
sandpiper about 1 year ago
That leaves only the one other source for ‘alternate’ theories.
ToborRedrum about 1 year ago
Didn’t Douglas Adams postulate this years ago?
waycyber about 1 year ago
For details, see Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy, where they also say the universe will end with the coming of the Great Handkerchief
nemo0037 about 1 year ago
The Great Green Arklsiezure
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member about 1 year ago
So do the Flat-Earthers think that our world is a booger?
davidp71 about 1 year ago
Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy had this in the opening about the origin of the universe with believers living in fear of the coming of the great handkerchief.
LawrenceS about 1 year ago
Not as many reporters as the Society wanted in attendance, but still more than they deserved.
mrwiskers about 1 year ago
And just when I thought the Big Bang Theory was gaining in the polls, along comes the Big Sneeze Theory. I guess it’s ok, seeing they are theories just trying to explain (how) it all started. Hey, look at these new James Webb Telescope images! Ooooooo.
bbenoit about 1 year ago
There’s an exit right there, beside the stage, just quietly walk out…
Anselm the Seeker Premium Member about 1 year ago
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
Many races believe that it was created by some sort of God, though the Jatravartid people of Viltvodle VI believe that the entire Universe was in fact sneezed out of the nose of a being called the Great Green Arkleseizure.
The Jatravartids, who live in perpetual fear of the time they call The Coming of The Great White Handkerchief, are small blue creatures with more than fifty arms each, who are therefore unique in being the only race in history to have invented the aerosol deodorant before the wheel.
However, the Great Green Arkleseizure Theory is not widely accepted outside Viltvodle VI and so, the Universe being the puzzling place it is, other explanations are constantly being sought.-Douglas Adams, “The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.”
TechInDallas about 1 year ago
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
MS72 about 1 year ago
I need a new mask.
goboboyd about 1 year ago
Sounds good to me. The deity could have sneezed into their elbow, so we got lucky. Or are we headed for the great hankie of space?
DaBump Premium Member about 1 year ago
One of the many theories mentioned in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe.” No, not the one printed on Earth, the real one.
kartis about 1 year ago
Douglas Adams: “… the Jatravartid people of Viltvodle VI believe that the entire Universe was in fact sneezed out of the nose of a being called the Great Green Arkleseizure. The Jatravartids, who live in perpetual fear of the time they call The Coming of The Great White Handkerchief…”
James Gifford Premium Member about 1 year ago
Ah, the Great Green Arkleseizure theory.
Calvin Nelson Nelson Premium Member about 1 year ago
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Chris about 1 year ago
that must be me leaving through the exit door. ;)
rickseg about 1 year ago
Cheers to all the Douglas Adams fans here!
kkinney about 1 year ago
Known, when Douglas Adams came up with it, as the “Great Green Arkleseizure” theory
Duane Ott about 1 year ago
Am I the only one who confuses cosmology with cosmetology?
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 1 year ago
I’m thinking that’s Fox News right there in the front.
mfrasca about 1 year ago
As endorsed by the Sternutative Sortilege School of prognostication.
PoodleGroomer about 1 year ago
Before the beginning, they had not created the 4 dimensions. Its last word before the big bang and dimensional expansion was, “oops”.
boothsroost53 Premium Member about 1 year ago
thanks for remembering Douglas Adams
Terr Bear Premium Member about 1 year ago
I’m thrilled with all the Douglas Adams references, as I came here to make one & found that he was already well represented! <3
ladykat about 1 year ago
You never know.
mindjob about 1 year ago
Further proof that the universe will expand indefinately
calliarcale about 1 year ago
See also: the Great Green Arkleseizure, worshipped by the Jartravids. They fear an apocalyptic event known as the coming of the great white handkerchief.
Radish the wordsmith about 1 year ago
That’s snot true.
William Bednar Premium Member about 1 year ago
Ah! Now we know what came before the “Big Sneeze”. Wait till Alan Guth hears this!
ObsiWan Premium Member about 1 year ago
Lots of Douglas Adams fans in here. Maybe there is hope for humanity
anomalous4 about 1 year ago
Then there’s this theory…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Wbb1cqubo
jconnors3954 about 1 year ago
I like it!
JosephShriver about 1 year ago
Forgot this was in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
poppacapsmokeblower about 1 year ago
Douglas Adams proposed it earlier.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member about 1 year ago
“From dust were ye made…….”
Rauderi about 1 year ago
Given that some other religions emphasize the progenitor god, um, climaxing the universe into existence, this isn’t far off.
KEA about 1 year ago
wasn’t this one hypothesis (it’s not a theory) proposed in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?
nomomaniacs about 1 year ago
Douglass Adams rip off! The great Arkelseisure!
Totalloser Premium Member about 1 year ago
all of the GOP candidates will raise there hand to the question do you believe that god created the Universe with a big sneeze
Ib12us about 1 year ago
And now we know why we say “God Blessed YOU”
anomaly about 1 year ago
As good an origin theory as any religion’s.
tomfromthe50s about 1 year ago
I think we’re a video game being played by some supernatural kid.
christelisbetty about 1 year ago
The atheists KNOW that everything is just there.
tuliplover about 1 year ago
This theory is better than The Big Fart theory espoused by proctologists.
jimboklein about 1 year ago
While most of us associate this as a reference to Douglas Adams’ “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy”, it also appeared in “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” (1963) by Roger Zelanzy, a full decade before Hitchhiker.
willie_mctell about 1 year ago
Well, that’s one hypothesis. The Divine Orifice school of thought has others.
hubbard3188 about 1 year ago
Prob’ly as good a plan as any of them out there.
AMBER1 about 1 year ago
Are we allergic to everything, yet?
Zumtahk Premium Member about 1 year ago
Where did the deity come from
eddi-TBH about 1 year ago
Every specialist thinks their field is the key to the Universe.
tpcox928 about 1 year ago
As good a theory as any. Despite MAGA claims, Trump did not create the universe.
paullp Premium Member about 1 year ago
And in their new religion, “Sunday is the day of Allerest.” (In quotes because I lifted it from an episode of All in the Family.)
Mediatech about 1 year ago
Gesundheit
decalwrites about 1 year ago
“the Jatravartid people of Viltvodle VI believe that theentire Universe was in fact sneezed out of the nose of a beingcalled the Great Green Arkleseizure.The Jatravartids, who live in perpetual fear of the time theycall The Coming of The Great White Handkerchief, are small bluecreatures with more than fifty arms each, who are thereforeunique in being the only race in history to have invented theaerosol deodorant before the wheel.” – Douglas Adams
chemguy about 1 year ago
The Great God Achoo!