Flat-Earth Society? Oi!

JayC · Oct 9, 2003

This is so rediculous! There is actually a group out there that believes that the Earth is flat. This is my favorite part of their website:

The Society asserts that the Earth is flat and has five sides, that all places in the Universe named Springfield are merely links in higher-dimensional space to one place, and that all assertions are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true false and meaningless in some sense.

^^^And the above is horse puckey in some sense.^^^

ROFL!!!

The above was part of their "About Us" section. Be sure to read it and the other crazy links!

http://www.flat-earth.org/

BigIron · Oct 9, 2003

Don't these folks just *have* to be the largest organization of trolls in the world?

;-)
Paul

OkeeDon · Oct 10, 2003

Let's be careful who we ridicule, here. I was a charter member of the Flat Earth Society; at least, I would have been, if they had started the society back when I realized the Earth is flat. I do not believe the 5 corner theory, however, I'm certain the Earth is more like a giant pizza. Volcanoes, for example, are explained by the tomato sauce escaping from below the cheese.

In recent years, however, I have not had time to devote to the proof of a flat Earth. I have been too busy with my other project, which is ending all road repairs in the United States. I founded an organization which has been very successful. Near every single road construction site is one of our protest signs. They read, variously, "End Road Construction!" or "End Road Work!" It is our hope that all motorists reading these signs will join us in our campaign to put an end to road repair. I don't think we have missed putting up a protest sign at any road construction site - even at the temporary sites, we manage to put up a portable sign calling for the end of road work.

Once that campaign is successful perhaps I can get back to my efforts to once-and-for-all establish that the Earth is flat.

By the way, Disney World does not exist. Upon entering Orange County, Florida, the smell of orange blossoms overcomes all visitors with a hallucinagetic spell in which they imagine they are visiting something called Disney World. The purpose is to take their mind off the fact that just a few miles to the East, at Cape Canaveral, exists the movie sets that were used to film the phoney landing on the Moon.

I don't know about DisneyLand, but suffice to say, they grow oranges near there, also. Think about it.

So you see, you should be careful about what you say. There are things in this existence you know nothing about. If you think I'm kidding about any of this, just ask my kids. They're 34 and 32, now, and I've been patiently explaining all these things to them since they were infants. It's sad that they ignored me. Although, it may explain why my son is still single.

One may wonder, though -- just what were you looking for, that you found the Flat Earth Society web site?

itsmecindi · Oct 10, 2003

Dang. And I just spent all that money on a globe.

JayC · Oct 10, 2003

Sorry. Didn't mean to offend anyone. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif Anyway, someone else told me about the society and I wondered if there was actually people out there that held these views so I did a search to see what came up.

BigIron · Oct 10, 2003

( It is our hope that all motorists reading these signs will join us in our campaign to put an end to road repair. )

I'm with you on Ending Roadwork, 'cause around here in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area, it seems like it is Roadwork Neverending!! Where do I sign up?

Paul

kensfarm · Oct 10, 2003

"I'm certain the Earth is more like a giant pizza."

Okay.. I'll take a slice of Earth w/ extra cheese!

JayC.. I think he was just pulling your leg.. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

fivestring · Oct 10, 2003

Good one, Don! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I just about spewed my coffee on the monitor! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

JayC · Oct 10, 2003

/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif I hope he was! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif Anywho, it is funny that he mentioned road work. They are repaving the road outside the house. They started Wednesday. I hate waiting in "flagman traffic". They are doing an 8 mile stretch of road.

fishman · Oct 10, 2003

That's the funniest thing I've seen all week! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

knucklehead · Oct 10, 2003

Jay!!! Don is pulling yer leg!

"...all places in the Universe named Springfield are merely links in higher-dimensional space to one place"

Chuckling as I am thinking about how the residents of Springfield, Maine (3-1/2 hours North of Portland)would react to that.

Don...I'm flying to Melbourne in a week for training...is that far enough away or should I take a respirator in my carry on?

JayC · Oct 10, 2003

Am I that gullible? I guess so. lol Don sure is convincing though! Guess the joke's on me. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif Maybe I should start spending more time on here to figure out you people's sense of humor! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif lol One thing I noticed right away is that the atmosphere here and the Ford truck site I frequent a lot is WAY different! (But that is a good thing! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif ) Then again, the Ford site has over 80,000 members, too. lol

OkeeDon · Oct 10, 2003

deadpan: adj : deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read" [syn: expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive] adv : without betraying any feeling; "she told the joke deadpan"

OkeeDon · Oct 10, 2003

Where do I sign up? 
Sorry, we have all the help we need, right now. But, you'll never be able to see another sign like this without thinking of me:

knucklehead · Oct 10, 2003

( ....the atmosphere here and the Ford truck site I frequent a lot is WAY different!)

That's because they can't keep the dang things runnin'! Are you talking about the FTE site? I'm registered over there but haven't had time to get into it because I've been working on the Ford... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif In fact I need to go out and get the bed back on right now. Just replaced the transfer case speedo drive gear, speed sensor and cable, the rear brake lines, and cleaned & painted the frame behind the cab. It's an '87 F150 Lariat, BTW. I picked it up last Nov for $4000 with 70,000 on the ODO and a pretty new Diamond plow. The guys at NAPA said Ford's good if you want to learn a LOT about how they are built. This is my first Ford, and I'm getting a ribbing, but not as much as with the Dodge.

WVBill · Oct 10, 2003

( In recent years, .... I have been too busy with my other project, which is ending all road repairs in the United States. I founded an organization which has been very successful. )

Don: I'm afraid your organization faces a significant challenge for I believe there is a counter-organization to yours that is of equal strength. For each of your "End Road Work" signs I've seen, I've also seen one that says "Begin Road Work"! /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

trkbldr · Oct 10, 2003

We card carrying members of the Flat-Earth Society know that globes were invented by a small group of terribly confused cultists who buy in to the Round-Earth theory. Every fold-out road map, every atlas, every map I see on my computer screen, very clearly shows a FLAT EARTH. These Round-Earth people even believe that people can live on the bottom of this round earth and not fall off. If this is in fact true, then we should be able to stand on the ceiling without falling off. This isn't rocket science, folks. I have all the proof I need to convince me that the earth is indeed FLAT.

JayC · Oct 10, 2003

I'm not talkin about FTE, I'm talkin about FTW (Ford Truck World). There are a lot of really nice people over there. And their trucks are runnin. So, how many times have you had to replace the tranny in your Dodge? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif j/k If Fords were so junky, why are they the best selling trucks for the last 2 1/2 decades? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Did you ever do a CarFax before you bought that truck? Do you know what NAPA stands for? Never Any Parts Available. Tells you how much they know. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif They always say when life hands you lemons, make lemonade. But I don't like lemonade. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

JayC · Oct 10, 2003

That deadpan stuff gets me every time! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

OkeeDon · Oct 10, 2003

Don: I'm afraid your organization faces a significant challenge for I believe there is a counter-organization to yours that is of equal strength. For each of your "End Road Work" signs I've seen, I've also seen one that says "Begin Road Work"! 

Yeah, it's depressing, but so far, it's a draw. Unfortunately, we have to react to the road construction because we don't get any advance warning, and those guys get to put up their signs, first. Therefore, ours usually get stuck at the back. That's to our advantage, however, because people have usually suffered pretty bad when they finally see our sign...and, getting the last word is usually an advantage. One of these days, however, we may start switching them around...