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Re: The Flat Earth?

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From: Jarrod J. Williamson
Date: Mon, 01 May 1995 00:00
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Paul Schlyter (pausch@electra.saaf.se) wrote:
> In article <O1iblelgYjV9079yn@calvados.apna.org.au>,

> But to make things really simple: on a flat earth the sun would rise
> and set at the same moment all over the earth, i.e. the entire earth
> would have day, or night.  Now, select a friend that you trust for
> this experiment: one of you should travel to another continent.
> Select a moment when one of you sees day while the other sees night
> (if you find it hard to select such a moment, I can help you out).
> Call each other up by telephone, tell each other what you see -- then
> try to explain THAT with a flat-earth model.....  <grin>

	OBVIOUSLY you haven't given this enough thought.  You have been 
brainwashed by those nutty round-earthers!  The earth truely _is_ flat, it
is just that it has TWO SIDES!!!!  While I see day (night) I am on the 'top'
and my telephone friend who sees night (day) is CLEARLY on the other side.

	Hmmm . . . ever wonder why those photos from the shuttle only can show
one side at a time?  The illusion, from space, that the earth is round come from
the little recognized fact that, while truely flat, the earth is dish-shaped!
Thou fool!  How is it that thou seest but canst believe.  Surely they shall hear
and see the truth, but shall not perceive!!

jarrod (tongue in cheek)
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From: jarrod@breeze.seas.ucla.edu (Jarrod J. Williamson)
Subject: Re: The Flat Earth?
Date: 1995/05/01
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