Aunty Acid by Ged Backland for February 04, 2025

Abso-fragging-lutely.

What?

If the Earth was flat, I’d be able to see Russia from my house.

Yes, I know that it was a SNL spoof.

Theory disproved!

That’s for sure.

Flat-earthers have a heck of a view from their yard I would imagine, on a clear day.. or is weather an issue for them, too?

That Tipped Over Into “Wait, What?!” Territory

An old lady wanders in during a slow afternoon and places a pile of pennies on the counter.

Customer: “Can I exchange these pennies for a quarter?”

It’s slow, so I figure why not? I counted the pennies and handed her the quarter.

Customer: Smiles. “Thanks, dear!”

And then she dropped the quarter into the tip jar and left with a skip.

Truth. The tops of my bookcases have been pretty much cleaned off by my cats.

Flat Earther’s and conspiracy theoriest losing their minds in Three……………Two……………..One………………KA-BOOM!!!

If the Earth were flat, then shadows would be the same length, regardless of location. This would mean that the sun is hitting all places on Earth at the same angle, resulting in the same shadow……….and 6 more weeks of bad weather!!!!!

The Earth is flat. Ask anyone in Eastern New Mexico.

The Earth is flat almost all of the time. I do not consider the curvature of the Earth when I put up a shelf or drive my car or for that matter do just about anything in my normal day.

This brings up a criticism of the Bible where a well cover is described as being so many cubits around and so many cubits across. The Greeks were smart enough to know that only one of these dimensions is sufficient. If you do the math, the Hebrew definition of Pi is exactly 3.

This prompted some State Legislatures to decree that Pi was. by law, 3. In their states, wagon wheels were hexagonal.

However, this might be one instance where the Bible could be literally true. IF the well’s cover was bowed out into a third dimension. In other words, it was a dome. The diameter would be longer than if the well cover were flat.

My geek nephew and I had this discussion. He figured that the radius of curvature was 30 degrees. Since space is warped in the vicinity of black holes, there may be places in the universe where Pi is 3.

Since Pi is often part of the equations that describe physical phenomena, then maybe this explains why the areas around black holes are so weird.

Nothing but facts on this page.

this one’s older than me

Nice graphics Ged, but this is a pretty old one.

I asked Erathostenes if the earth is flat, he said Only the Shadows know.

HAHAHA! I have a family member who thinks the earth is flat. She is nuts! This is perfect for her! :-)

I had dental surgery yesterday so I’m home enjoying a liquid diet and Percocet. One of my cats was annoyed that he was having to share the bed past the usual time so he started knocking things off my nightstand until I got up. At which point, he parked himself in the middle of the bed, quite proud of himself.