It's obvious when you walk around town that the earth is flat! There couldn't be any place like Australia, downunder, because you'd fall off, right? Gravity? How about electricity? Invisible forces? Don't be stupid! Bacteria--you mean creatures so tiny you can't even see them and they make you sick? And you want me to do WHAT before I help that lady give birth? Wash my hands!?! Idiot! Small pox? Polio? Quarantine is the answer. Children, if you want the sun to come up tomorrow you have to toss that lady over there into the volcano. If you do that, I guarantee that the sun will rise tomorrow. If you want rain, throw this child into the river. Works every time. Should Florida get ready for a hurricane? Should people evacuate the area around Mt. St. Helens? Are there footprints on the moon? Do you think they're still there or did a strong wind blow them away? Forget about science! Sometimes it's wrong about the hurricane, about the volcano. You can still find pockets of smallpox and probably polio. There are plenty of other diseases, like cancer, that science hasn't cured. How can you trust science if it can't cure cancer? Sure, men walked on the moon but a couple of space shuttles blew up, too. Obviously, the theory of evolution has got to be seriously flawed. It can't possibly be true. Science? Phooey! I don't want MY children exposed to any of that nonsense unless you also tell them, at the same time, that it's equally possible that a higher intelligence keeps us glued to a flat earth. Now I have a headache. Where's the aspirin?
's funny really. Even men of renowned vision were guilty of having daft conceptions of their own theories. Old Christopher Columbus' log indicated that he was recording an impression that the waters were flowing from north to south as he sailed westwards. (This was because he clearly understood that the gravity worked from "below" ... )
Didn't you know we get around with suction cups on our shoes? But the Aboriginals don't need them because they have evolved flatter feet that helps them stay stuck to the ground.
LOL. Thanks, Sylla, for that image of Australians. I woke up in a bad mood and spent the whole day in a bad, grouchy mood. Now I feel a lot better, having ranted a bit . (Brother, the internet is slow and sluggish tonight. Must be a billion people posting. )
