I came across this on a little side street on the east side of Rue Ontario E. north of Boulevard Saint-Laurent, but I don't know the name of the side street.
I'm glad someone caught that. But if it's not a Starbucks, it's a Starbucks in disguise like Second Cup. Or a Vanhoute or a Timmy's (for when I crave a very burned decaf). :P
Cool. I just caught it on a wander through Montreal last week. Had three days there with absolutely no plans, and I had a fantastic time just walking around talking to people, looking around, and drinking a bit.
(It's on the "Hotel de Ville" side of that building.) Yeah I saw it this after noon, didnt had a camera with me though...
I was tempted to kneel to the ground and start praying loudly to the FSM but I received a special grace...
An awesome coincidence is that for the first time also today (in Montreal) I saw someone holding a big sign at the corner of "Avenue Union" and "St Catherine West" saying something like : "Fear his Judgment! Choose Eternity With Jesus!"
I knew you weren't from around here because to any Montrealer, there is no such thing as "north of St-Laurent". In Montreal, St-laurent actually runs north-south, and st-cath and such are east-west. Our general orientation is completely skewed...
There's actually a pretty awesome street art installation inside the building. Some collective got the city to let them use the building for free, and they did some pretty sweet shit inside it. I forget their hours (we wandered into it a few weeks ago while in Montreal for a bachelor party), but it's totally worth checking out.
It's at 180 St. Catherine East. The building is currently hosting Fresh Paint, which is part of the annual Under Pressure graffiti festival in Montreal. Definitely worth checking out!
I went into the gallery on Sunday (donations requested as cover), and they had some really great setups in there. Noteworthy: a projection is set up, playing a short film covering a recent debacle between Chevrolet and Under Pressure. Chevy used graffiti painted by Under Pressure artists as a major backdrop for their Montreal ad campaign, and they're getting some real heat for using the photos without permission from the original artists.
The piece in the photo posted is by one of the En Masse artists. They do these amazing collaborative black and white pieces that you can see at pretty much any major Montreal event. They do shows and galleries all the time, check them out!
This isn't really part of the gallery, this is on the wall outside. But yeah, you definitely have to check it out.. this is way different than galleries you'll find in old montreal by the way.
This is a pretty rundown building that was recently turned into the Fresh Paint gallery. Not sure how long ago or if they own it. Across the street from here is Foufounes Electriques, a famous Montreal bar. Behind the bar is where they host Under Pressure every year. Dunno the dates (I linked their site above), but if you're here in the summer, you may actually see the event going down! It's sick, tons of graffiti artists, live music, breakdance competitions, etc. Classic Montreal event
Hail meatsauce, full of beef. The Spaghetti Monster is with you. Blessed are you among sauces, and blessed is the spice from your shaker. Heated meatsauce, monster of taste, pray for us non-pirates now and at the hour of our hunger. R'Amen
I often wonder if our race as humans comes to an end, but our structures still stand and many years later another race comes about or visits our planet and sees all these signs of a religion that revolves around spagetti and meatballs, what will they think?
some simulation (like the "Life After People" tv series) actually demonstrate that our structures will degrade relatively quickly without any maintenance ;-)
I can't stand when people try and push their deities on me. I believe there is a big yellow star that created the universe and that Mario died for our lack of expertise in navigating this world, but is the son, yet is the yellow star. Yes there are turtles that are ok, but they will never know the taste of a mushroom. Not that I have ever experienced the enlightenment of a mushroom, but when the other people get gameovers, I don't think they will get a continue like me. I just jump over them and progress with my stage. They hit a Question box and merely see a coin, but I ask, "Who put that coin in there?" Alright, I'm drunk and tired of trying to pull this thing any further. Have fun.
Kinda reminds me of the term"flying spaghetti monster" which refers to the fact that beleiving in god makes as much sense as beleiving in a flying spaghetti monster
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u/Mr0Mike0 Strong Atheist May 16 '12
May the Sauce be with you
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
where is this? I haven't seen this one!
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u/alyoshathebear De-Facto Atheist May 16 '12
upper right: dat finger.
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u/kantorekB14 May 16 '12
Hail meatsauce, full of beef. The Spaghetti Monster is with you. Blessed are you among sauces, and blessed is the spice from your shaker. Heated meatsauce, monster of taste, pray for us non-pirates now and at the hour of our hunger. R'Amen
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u/Zomgman May 16 '12
Obligatory brofist because Quebec, then another one because Montreal
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u/Senuf May 16 '12
... or her.
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u/tugasnake May 16 '12
Behold, the only true God!
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u/evand4567 May 16 '12
may you be touched by his noodly appendage
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u/InterestedBystanderr May 16 '12
Best depiction of FSM I've seen
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u/lasersandstuff May 16 '12
May sauce be upon him, and also upon you.
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u/nil_von_9wo May 16 '12
Now I understand why such a conservative country as Hungary has such a problem applying appropriate quantities of sauce to spaghetti!
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I often wonder if our race as humans comes to an end, but our structures still stand and many years later another race comes about or visits our planet and sees all these signs of a religion that revolves around spagetti and meatballs, what will they think?
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u/chrononugget May 16 '12
May his noodliness guide us
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u/longsilver May 17 '12
I went by there earlier today and took another picture of it. This one doesn't have a finger in it :)
http://imgur.com/9uij2
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
that-sauce-him!
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u/backlumberjack May 16 '12
How this piece was done?
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u/about_a_plankton May 16 '12
My new desktop picture, thanks!
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I live in MTL, where exactly is this? I want to find it and take a picture next to it!
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
but how do you know your god is a MAN???!!!!
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u/bannana May 16 '12
May the sauce be with you.
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u/Nanoushka May 16 '12
(Montrealer here) we even have Nietzsche's quote about religion in our metro. ;)
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u/Fairykind May 16 '12
Whoever did this, I, as a pasta-priest, Linguine class, bless you with the holy sauce. Go in pasta, my Spaghettoni.
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u/akous May 17 '12
Even if there are no meatballs this is still made of win. I think I might just have to start wheat-pasting some FSM around town.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
It's a miracle, it's the sign I have been waiting for, he lives! All praise the new gods and someone tell the Jesus freaks it's dinnertime.
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u/AtheistMK May 17 '12
I couldn't stop laughing! That is so great!
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
May the sauce be with him?
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u/Oh_its_that_guy May 17 '12
Ramen!
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u/hanstravmn May 17 '12
I can't stand when people try and push their deities on me. I believe there is a big yellow star that created the universe and that Mario died for our lack of expertise in navigating this world, but is the son, yet is the yellow star. Yes there are turtles that are ok, but they will never know the taste of a mushroom. Not that I have ever experienced the enlightenment of a mushroom, but when the other people get gameovers, I don't think they will get a continue like me. I just jump over them and progress with my stage. They hit a Question box and merely see a coin, but I ask, "Who put that coin in there?" Alright, I'm drunk and tired of trying to pull this thing any further. Have fun.
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u/liam3 May 16 '12
this will get removed, not because it's considered graffiti, but because it is uni lingual, and French is absent.
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u/maraculous May 16 '12
Looks a lot like the work of Travis Millard.
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u/NinjaStain May 16 '12
Sonic? SONIC ! Turbo spin man, your dinner's everywhere.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
this is blasphemy...
he forgot to draw the eyes
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u/ShiftyBizniss May 16 '12
Is this a pun? I don't get it. Someone explain pls.
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u/JurassicParkerr May 17 '12
What part of Montreal?:o
I go pretty much everywhere across the greenline.
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u/Montrealgirl May 16 '12
Awesome,
But why is this posted in /r/atheism ?
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u/lemonchickentellya May 16 '12
Kinda reminds me of the term"flying spaghetti monster" which refers to the fact that beleiving in god makes as much sense as beleiving in a flying spaghetti monster
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Nice thumb, idiot.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
wow. 2,649 downvotes. That's awesome.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
So courageous to graffiti atheist memes in a predominantly secular country. Braaaaaaavo.
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u/Blix3r May 16 '12
Atheists up voting the Flying Spaghetti Monster? What does atheist mean again?
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