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Always check what you wrote before publishing
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:26 am
by Kevin Thurlow
I'm indebted to an old work colleague for showing me a tweet from the "Flat Earth Society" -
"The Flat Earth Society has members all around the globe."
Physics-Astronomy.com responded, "Say that again, but slowly."
Re: Always check what you wrote before publishing
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:38 pm
by MSoszynski
It was an April Fools' joke. It's a shame you yourself didn't check that before posting.
Re: Always check what you wrote before publishing
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 9:30 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
The date wasn't visible on the shot I was sent! But it certainly proves the point...
Re: Always check what you wrote before publishing
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:59 pm
by Roland Kensdale
You could believe they might say it, which makes it a good joke.
"The Flat Earth Society has members from all corners of the planet".
'Corners', wait a minute, does this mean ....
Re: Always check what you wrote before publishing
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2023 2:19 pm
by John Upham
I believe it was Ernest Wise who advised audiences to read various works
"What I wrote"
on several occasions.
Re: Always check what you wrote before publishing
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 4:56 pm
by David Stott
"The Flat Earth Society has members all around the globe."
This joke is on a par with the one that went: "Tomorrow's Psychic Evening has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances!"
Re: Always check what you wrote before publishing
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 6:04 pm
by Matt Mackenzie
Except that the latter sort of thing has definitely happened.
Re: Always check what you wrote before publishing
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:24 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
"Except that the latter sort of thing has definitely happened."
True. Another one was a lecture on urban myths, including the one about slipping on a banana skin. The lecturer had to cancel as he broke an ankle when he slipped on a banana skin.
Re: Always check what you wrote before publishing
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:37 pm
by John Upham
Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:24 pm
"Except that the latter sort of thing has definitely happened."
True. Another one was a lecture on urban myths, including the one about slipping on a banana skin. The lecturer had to cancel as he broke an ankle when he slipped on a banana skin.
Was the lecturer John Cleese and was he discussing means of defending oneself?
Re: Always check what you wrote before publishing
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:59 am
by Tim Spanton
Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:24 pm
"Except that the latter sort of thing has definitely happened."
True. Another one was a lecture on urban myths, including the one about slipping on a banana skin. The lecturer had to cancel as he broke an ankle when he slipped on a banana skin.
The banana-skin slipping 'myth' was popularised in Hollywood silent movies as a visual euphemism for horse excrement
Re: Always check what you wrote before publishing
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 12:51 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
"The banana-skin slipping 'myth' was popularised in Hollywood silent movies as a visual euphemism for horse excrement"
That's interesting, and many silent movies are considerably better than modern movies...