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Published: 2007-10-25 02:52:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 1932; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 0
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Description Turtles All The Way Down
digital collage by Kenneth Rougeau

Prints available at krougeau.artfire.com -> [link]

based on the story that follows:

A well-known scientist once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the Earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the centre of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy.
At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise."
The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?"
"You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"
(from [link] )
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Comments: 10

Zaibian7 [2018-06-10 16:46:56 +0000 UTC]

Someone asked.
If the Earth is flat, and I fell off, how long would I fall, and what would I see?
So I linked here as the answer.

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synchronicity313 In reply to Zaibian7 [2018-07-30 21:55:09 +0000 UTC]

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masterofthehouse999 [2009-11-27 04:26:03 +0000 UTC]

can we name the top one skippy?

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thebluerabbit [2008-03-22 22:56:55 +0000 UTC]

lol great

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CaptainZammo [2008-02-20 03:38:17 +0000 UTC]

I had a similar idea--and combined it with Discworld. This is nice

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fairielove [2007-10-25 03:01:04 +0000 UTC]

Woah thats really nice

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synchronicity313 In reply to fairielove [2007-10-25 04:13:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!!

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saira30 [2007-10-25 02:57:07 +0000 UTC]

Cool....

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synchronicity313 In reply to saira30 [2007-10-25 02:58:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Just an idea I'd been wanting to toy with

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saira30 In reply to synchronicity313 [2007-10-25 03:01:20 +0000 UTC]

Well, it turned out great...good job!

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