1 in 5 Yanks Finks Da Sun Goes Round Da Eurth.

[oxygengiver2000]

oh yeah "the four corners of the earth"

That's right, and any member of the public who reaches those corners and sees the intergalatic graviational nano-barriers around The Earth is killed by The Government

[iranu]

It's sad but unless people are taught this stuff or have a desire to find out then they will remain ignorant. A couple of months ago I was talking to my friends daughter and she mentioned Pluto. My first thought was of the dog so I just enquired what Pluto was expecting the dog answer and she came right back at me and said it was a planet then went into some ditty that enabled you to remember all the planets. She is 4 years old.

Now whether she understands the solar system i.e that planets go around the sun and that we live on the third rock from it I'm not sure cos the conversation rapidly went onto something else, but she is quite bright and I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult for her to grasp now if explained. After all she knows fairies are just pretend and for fun which is more than some people.

I hope O2giver plays WoW, because he? can now construct something to keep his character safe from the govermint and their rays. WoW -> Info -> Items -> Introducing the Tinfoil Hat

[MadduckUK]

That's right, and any member of the public who reaches those corners and sees the intergalatic graviational nano-barriers around The Earth is killed by The Government

is this a government in the traditional way. or merely one who governs? would the church (praise be to them) fit into this or should i say no more?

[oxygengiver2000]

is this a government in the traditional way. or merely one who governs? would the church (praise be to them) fit into this or should i say no more?

It is the traditional government. They created the concept of "sleep" you see in relality you don't need to sleep, the government use this time when we are all sleep to return to the other side of The Earth to carry out survellence and other eveil tasks. I stay awake every night trying to catch them, but they're clever. The church system was indeed set up by the government to find gullible people to carry out mindless tasks for them.

[oxygengiver2000]

I hope O2giver plays WoW, because he? can now construct something to keep his character safe from the govermint and their rays. WoW -> Info -> Items -> Introducing the Tinfoil Hat

I don't play WoW, but have you seen the movie Signs? I think the tin hat used there will suffice.

[Stewart]

Have you seen the Breakfast Club? Jeez, its on every week on channel 4. Enough already.

[Lee H]

Well what do you expect from them?

I mean half of them probably think it's okay to have a 1600 KCal meal in McDonalds and order a DIET COKE to balance it out.

[staffsMike]

Well what do you expect from them?

I mean half of them probably think it's okay to have a 1600 KCal meal in McDonalds and order a DIET COKE to balance it out.

mmm cholesterol and aspartame.. just what you need for a healthy heart..attack.

[Agent]

YouTube - FULL VERSION Dumb Sherri Shepherd thinks Earth is flat

and a bit of wtf to go with it
YouTube - Jesus predates maps: Sherri on the View

[pollaxe]

It's all true, this is why bananas were designed to fit the human hand perfectly. Oh yes.

[tiggerai]

Can we not sail said yanks off the end of said flat earth? In said Ark?

Oh, the sky is purple too... not blue, we just can't see the red bits (and other such nonsence, like Dihydro-monoxide is bad for us and we should stop consuming it or we wil all get H2O poisoning, and that men are more intelligent than women... etc etc)

[iranu]

Can we not sail said yanks off the end of said flat earth? In said Ark?

I think we sort of did that with the Mayflower. I suppose they could emigrate to the moon after all they did land there first although carrying all that lard into space might be quite a difficult challenge,

"We chose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things; not because they are easy, but because they are hard."

So they've got a good record so far.

[pollaxe]

Ah but you're missing the Big Question there - is the moon flat too??

[Saracen]

It's sad but unless people are taught this stuff or have a desire to find out then they will remain ignorant. A couple of months ago I was talking to my friends daughter and she mentioned Pluto. My first thought was of the dog so I just enquired what Pluto was expecting the dog answer and she came right back at me and said it was a planet then went into some ditty that enabled you to remember all the planets. She is 4 years old. ....

She is, of course, quite wrong. Pluto isn't a planet. It's a dwarf planet. It was demoted from full planetary status because, apparently, it's orbit is highly elliptical and crosses the orbital path of Neptune .... which apparently means it doesn't fit the current internationally agreed definition of "planet".

Honestly, you'd think that by 4 years old, she'd have worked out that a planet isn't a planet just because everybody's been saying it is for 75 years. What are edumacational standards coming to in the UK these days? Not knowing the difference between a planet and a large body of astronomical rock that looks just like like a planet. I dunno. Kidz 2day.

[Zathras]

I wonder what conclusions a similar survey of the UK, or Europe as a whole, would reach?

You'd probably find some clever buggers who'd mention Michelson-Morley, SR and GR and debate the meaning of 'going round'. Even from a strictly Newtonian perspective, the mass and orbits of the planets have an effect on the sun itself, it's not 'anchored' relative to all the others.

[MadduckUK]

It's all true, this is why bananas were designed to fit the human hand perfectly. Oh yes.

and i will continue to post it till people stop taking about bananas and hands