OT: Shape of the Earth (was Re: CHAT: Religions (was: Visible planets))
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 14, 2003, 20:47 |
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Hallo!
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:16:49 +01,
Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> > > In the _Illuminatus_ trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Michael Shea,
> > > which is entirely parodies (and parodies of parodies, I suspect),
> > > we are given the idea that the earth is carrot-shaped, and we all
> > > live on the flat bottom of the carrot....
> >
> > Nah, it's pumpkin shaped :-)
>
> No no no! As Belvedere pointed out, we know it to be banana-shaped.
Fiddlesticks! The world has the shape of a d20 (an icosahedron)!
This was the standard answer of a friend from a roleplaying group
which has fallen apart since; he was, BTW, in the process of designing
a world that was actually icosahedron-shaped (which unfortunately
never went anywhere); then there are of course the unforgettable
icosahedral world maps of the Traveller RPG (actually, the idea
dates back to R. Buckminster Fuller) and the icosahedron-shaped
Earth in the RPGA logo.
Greetings,
Jörg.
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