"TULSA, OK—In a major coup for the growing field of creation science, the perfectly preserved remains of a 5,000-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex were delivered Monday to Tulsa's Creationist Museum of Natural History."
From The Onion (January 2003, but relevant now because of the recently opened Creation Museum - see Adam and Eve in the Land of the Dinosaurs [NYT]).
Also see today's Slashdot article "A Field Trip To the Creation Museum".
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There's no such thing as a 5,000 year old T-Rex fossil, because dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. There is also no such thing as the "field" of creation science, because it isn't a field at all; it's a propaganda front for fundamentalist religion. It is a travesty against science, not a branch of it.
Luis, you need to chill out and recognise humour when you see it. I know I didn't include any smiley faces - but the link to the Onion and the "humour" tag should have given it away :-)
I've never heard anyone refer to creationism as a "front for fundamentalist religion" before - but reading your blog, I see you take this kind of thing very seriously :-)
I would reply directly but you didn't leave your email address.
Hi Ewan, sorry about that. I should have realised the humour tag. Yes, I do take these things very seriously, perhaps too much sometimes.