Shacklebolt wrote: » How can people like this still exist?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society#Organizational_Challenges Clearly the fact nobody has fallen off the edge would convince them its a sphere..
sharpshooterH wrote: » It only counts if your jigsaw globe gets knocked over.
Run_to_da_hills wrote: » A number of years ago when Shell had to dispose of the Brent Spar Oil Rig, they were going to drag it out to sea. Environmentalists were up in arms over it. As a joke I had a letter published in the Irish Times suggesting that Shell should "tow t out to sea and simply drop it over the edge" signed The Flat Earth Society. It got published. About a week later they had la load letters inquiring about the whereabouts of the flat earth society.
Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: » Flat Earth is a state of mind, not a geological fact.
javaboy wrote: » Link? That's hilarious.
Run_to_da_hills wrote: » Brent spar 1995 Pre net, unless they have a downloaded archive. Im sure they have a record of it.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Spar
javaboy wrote: » If anyone has access to the Irish Times archive try June 28 1995.
Mary Unsightly Subway wrote: » Huh? Explain that one for me please
Senna wrote: » So their are just arguing their believes even though its ludicrous. Is this just a society of trolls?
Shacklebolt wrote: » Have to pay for it because it predates the internet. There definately was a letter on the topic so I will choose to belive RTTHs.
Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: » Trolls traditionally live under bridges. Bridges are built on the ground. The ground a bridge is built on is flat. And another name for the ground, is the Earth. You do the math.
javaboy wrote: » Are you trolling/posting tongue in cheek or are you being serious? I don't want to bother my arse writing a big long reply about how flawed your reasoning is if you're only messing. Thanks.
Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: » Gladly. The Earth is flat. We all know this. If the Earth was a sphere, then the people on the bottom would fall off. Sure, people can take photos from space, circumnavigate the "globe" but we all know, inherently, that the Earth is under our feet, is flat. It has to be. Otherwise there'd be no up or down.
Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: » Flawed?IThereaismnothingtflawedraboutoit.lItlmakesiperfectnsensegactually.
kazza81 wrote: » I don't know what to say to this, I sincerely hope this is your sense of humour and I'm just too tired to get it, please let it be so
javaboy wrote: » The ground is effectively flat for most of our daily business but the Earth is not flat.
javaboy wrote: » Please tell me you're trolling.
Senna wrote: » Yes its trolling, do you not get the irony? thread about a ludicrous topic and some poster agrees with it? Come on, your making it too easy:D
Shacklebolt wrote: » it predates the internet.
javaboy wrote: » Ok for a start you say "The ground a bridge is built on is flat". The curvature of the Earth may not affect your calculations drastically if it's a reasonably small bridge but you fire a laser level across any bridge more than a couple of hundred metres and you'll start to see some deviation.
The ground is effectively flat for most of our daily business but the Earth is not flat.
Please tell me you're trolling.
Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: » I'm a little bit offended actually at the tone of condescnsion exhibited towards Flat Earthers on this thread. Plus, the flagrant use of the globular smiley is an attempt to get a rise out of me? On Flat Earth message boards, we use the smiley :] It demonstrates that humour can be delivered by a non-globular ie flat icon.
