Flat Earth Frolic
I bowl a googly at the beliefs and doctrine of what amounts to a religious cult hell bent on drawing blood from the innocent
We live in an age where Flat Earth is a thing. When I told Mrs Dee that this would be my topic this week she looked at me “gone out”, as they say:
“Do you mean to tell me that there are people who still believe the Earth is flat?”
“Oh, yes. They’re quite serious about it.”
“But, but, but…” [silence and pained expression with hand gestures]
Aided by the internet, and especially social media, a core of rather curious people are building a Flat Earth following and, against all odds, they’re doing surprisingly well. It’s easy to see why – grab a 2 metre length of 4 x 2 seasoned wood, hold it up to the horizon and voilà; the Earth is flat as flat can be. Grab a 3 metre length and the Earth is still as flat as flat can, so it must be true and I shall name these folk flarthians for they are followers of Flarth!
As for those photos from NASA, ESA and the rest, well they’re all fake of course. Same for all that footage from the International Space Station. Better forget any camera footage from high…