The fact that educated people thought the world was flat, at .least since the time of Ptolemy, is an historical fallacy.. (Damn that was a good one for the Myths thread).
David J Brooks wrote: > On 5/22/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In 1857 the Earth was still officially in the "Little Ice Age", it was a >> lot cooler. >> > > And it was still flat then to. > > Dave > >> graywolf wrote: >> >>> I just came across a site on the web that says that Jingle Bells was >>> originally written as a Thanksgiving Day song. Must have been cooler back >>> in 1857. Strangely I do not remember this verse from school, >>> >>> >>> >>>> A day or two ago >>>> I thought I'd take a ride >>>> And soon Miss Fanny Bright >>>> Was seated by my side >>>> The horse was lean and lank >>>> Misfortune seemed his lot >>>> We got into a drifted bank >>>> And then we got upsot >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> -- >> All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
