Journey To The Edge Of The Earth

Cherry

By well-wisher

Sat, 10 Feb 2018
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"Any minute now", said Captain Chumley, skipper of the TruthSeekerOne and lifelong member of the Flat World Society as he and his scientific colleagues sailed towards what he was certain must be the edge of the Earth.
"You are sure we're not going to sail off the edge aren't you, Reginald?", asked his wife and co-explorer Barbara, looking nervous.
"Ofcourse", said Chumley, staring heroically ahead, "The Earth is surrounded by rocks on every side so no one can sail off the edge"
"Don't worry", said Geoff Smith, their expert in Flat Earth Geophysics, "God wouldn't let us fall over the edge anyway".
"Thats right", said Barbara, feeling slightly foolish, "Silly old me".
"Any minute now", repeated Captain Chumley as they approached the horizon with baited breath, "And we'll be having tea and biscuits at the edge of the world".
"I can't wait", said their flat earth biologist chum Trevor Greenwell, excitedly, getting his digital camera ready, "For the first time man will see giant sea serpents, perhaps even mermaids".
"Do you really think we'll see Mermaids?", asked Barbara.
"Ancient mariners tell of them", said Trevor.
"And I trust them a hell of a lot more than the corrupt scientists who have been hiding the truth from the world", said Captain Chumley.
The others laughed and nodded in agreement.
"Any minute now", said the Captain staring straight ahead.

Certificate U
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Comments

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Sublime.

Parson Thru

Submitted by well-wisher on

Thanks, Parson.

I know somebody who actually believes this as well as other conspiracy theories.

He even thinks David Attenborough documentaries where they film penguins in the South Pole are fake because Flat Earthers think the North pole is really the centre of the world and the South pole is the wall of ice that surrounds its edge.

But I've often wondered why Flat Earthers don't just all get on a boat and go searching for the edge of the world if they believe its there; take some pictures of it as proof.

Ofcourse they might say that mysterious men in black will try and stop them but if I were them that would make it even more of an adventure.

 

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

JoHn

Submitted by Parson Thru on

It's great, JoHn.

You can make the incredible credible. That's some knack.

Do people really believe the Earth is flat? I get the moniker, fully, but are there really people...? I suppose there might be. They maybe don't go out to the shop much.

Parson Thru

Submitted by Di_Hard on

It is clever of you to combine the two fables, mermaids and flat earth. I can imagine Douglas Adams would chuckle if he could read this story