May 31, 2009 4:00 PM - 134 attended

Flying Spaghetti Monster Dinner - Como Park Midway Pavilion - May 31 4 p.m.

Como Park Midway Pavilion (map)

Selected By: A former member

As the Flying Spaghetti Monster commands, Minnesota Atheists gather for spaghetti, salads, and dessert on the fifth Sunday, whenever the calendar offers one.

Come bring yourself and only $6.66 for all you can eat delights. Food will be ready around 4:30, but you can come early to help out, or just mingle.

There is a huge park near by to burn off all of those carbs with a game of ultimate frisbee, or bocce ball. Bring the kids!

This time, we will have much more space to move around, with as many as 125 other atheists. Don't be shy! Also, we have the pavilion available until 10 p.m., for those atheists who find themselves deep in conversation about Star Trek, BSG, or Lost.

If you have never met other atheists, this is a great event for new people. While there may be a big crowd, there will be plenty of leaders of the group mingling around and introducing each other. Who knows? You may meet the future Mr. or Mrs. Atheist!

We need people to bring food, including spaghetti sauce, salad and dessert. Please leave a note in your RSVP comments about what you'd like to bring to share. Don't worry if you can't bring anything. There are also two grills available, if someone felt compelled to blaspheme the FSM with hot dogs, roasted corn, or hamburgers, we won't stop you.

I look forward to meeting you there!

Bjorn Watland

  • A former member

    $6.66 is meant to be a clever joke, but all donations over that amount are gladly accepted!

    Posted May 24, 2009 at 11:56 AM
  • A former member

    I just checked out the site. There is a ton of room for everyone to run around if you want to. There are picnic tables to munch at and classy serving windows which will be your gateway to noodly goodness.

    This event is a fundraiser for Minnesota Atheists, but it's also a great time for everyone to get together!

    Posted May 24, 2009 at 7:25 PM
  • A former member

    Also, we'll be buying non alcoholic drinks for everyone, but feel free to contribute your favorites as well!

    Posted May 24, 2009 at 7:28 PM
  • Mike Haubrich
    Mike Haubrich

    I'll be bringing my Frisbee.

    Posted May 25, 2009 at 1:34 PM
  • Jessica Freitag
    Jessica Freitag

    May I bring a cake?

    Posted May 25, 2009 at 1:57 PM
  • A former member

    Of course! Yum!

    Posted May 25, 2009 at 1:59 PM
  • A former member

    I will bring meat-free spaghetti sauce!
    --Owen

    Posted May 25, 2009 at 3:42 PM
  • Crystal Dervetski
    Crystal Dervetski

    Vic says if I get my FSM donation box made, that we will be able to come! I will work on it!!! :)

    Posted May 25, 2009 at 7:00 PM
  • Sheila
    Sheila

    How do you heat the sauce? Do you need people to bring croc pots (assuming there is a place to plug them in), or pots? I am okay with eating room temp sauce, but I could also bring a croc pot.

    Posted May 26, 2009 at 11:19 AM
  • A former member

    There are outlets for crock pots, however, we can only have so many plugged in at a time. But extras are always welcome, in case someone doesn't bring one.

    Posted May 26, 2009 at 11:20 AM
  • A former member

    We'll bring badminton rackets if someone wants to bring a net.

    Posted May 27, 2009 at 4:26 AM
  • A former member

    You know you maybes want to commit!

    Posted May 28, 2009 at 8:30 PM
  • A former member

    It looks like we are in need of cookies. Anyone care to bring a bunch?

    Posted May 29, 2009 at 7:40 AM
  • Jessica Freitag
    Jessica Freitag

    Cake is easier to make. I will make cake, but I will probably be late, as I have to go to the lab and count mites and track mortality that afternoon. Not sure what time I'll be done.

    Posted May 30, 2009 at 12:05 AM
  • A former member

    It looks like it's going to rain. We'll still be under a pavilion, but please change your RSVP if rain changes your plans.

    Posted May 30, 2009 at 11:27 AM
  • Cari
    Cari

    SOOO bummed to not be there -it sounds like it'll be wonderful! I wish I could hand out flyers for the Sam Singleton Atheist Evangelist Show coming to Minneapolis July 10 and St Paul July 11.

    Posted May 30, 2009 at 12:22 PM
  • Jessica Freitag
    Jessica Freitag

    I'm making cookies.

    Posted May 30, 2009 at 8:50 PM
  • A former member

    People can show up as early as 3:45. Spaghetti won't be ready until about 4:30, but salads will be out before then. There is a stovetop you can use to brown meat, but you'll need to bring a pan.

    We'll need a healthy dose of patience. If the weather cooperates, this will be one of the largest events we've had. I'm planning on having enough food, but we may have to make a run to the store!

    We will have gifts for the kids who show up.

    Posted May 30, 2009 at 9:47 PM
  • A former member

    I think we'll have garlic bread, but it will be grilled on the grills outside. We don't have an oven to make garlic bread on.

    Posted May 30, 2009 at 9:51 PM
  • A former member

    All of our spaghetti noodles are precooked, other wise we could never serve so many people. I think George cooks the noodles, just slightly undercooked, adds a little olive oil, then dumps them into boiling water at the site.

    Posted May 31, 2009 at 8:57 AM
  • Crystal Dervetski
    Crystal Dervetski

    This is going to be an awesome event! :)

    Posted May 31, 2009 at 10:36 AM
  • A former member

    Have fun everyone! Too bad we can't make this one, but we'll attend any future spaghetti dinners! We had a good time at the last one.

    Posted May 31, 2009 at 12:44 PM
  • George Kane
    George Kane

    It wemt amazingly well. We had a great variety of sauces, and they were all very well received. I was worried that we would not have enough desserts, but that is what we had most of. Thanks to Vic and Crystal, we even had garlic bread! The only problem is that it takes forever to boil water there, but we never had to stack up the line too badly.

    Posted May 31, 2009 at 8:25 PM
  • Crystal Dervetski
    Crystal Dervetski

    You did awesome, George, thanks for everything. It was really fun, we had a blast. (A little hectic at first, but things calmed down when we got into our collective grooves.) :)

    Nice to see you could finally dress down, Jack. :) It was nice to meet you.

    Posted May 31, 2009 at 9:26 PM
  • Brooks
    Brooks

    Great time. I missed the first two hours when I guess there were around 100 people crammed into the pavilion. The fris-rug-bee was fun too...

    Posted May 31, 2009 at 11:08 PM
  • A former member

    Thanks, everyone for making food, and being so friendly.

    Posted June 2, 2009 at 11:00 AM
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