http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/19/boing_boings_250000_.html
Boing Boing’s $250,000 Intelligent Design challenge (UPDATED: $1 million)
“I’ve discussed the matter with my blog colleagues, and we would like to hereby issue a challenge to Kent Hovind and his supporters. We are willing to pay any individual *$250,000 if they can produce empirical evidence which proves that Jesus is not the son of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. “
“Challenge Grant Update: Recently converted Pastafarians are adding matching reward funds to the Boing Boing Intelligent Design Challenge. Jason Kottke of kottke.org (Link) and Sean Bonner of metblogs (Link) have each offered an additional $250,000. We’ve been flooded with still more donations, and have decided to cap the purse at $1 million—in part because the number contains a lot of pretty, round zeroes that resemble holy meatballs. But also because many of you offered sums payable in “whisky and wenches,” or “ho’s ‘n’ blow,” neither of which really count. Thanks all the same. “