Flintoff is a Flat Earther

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:33 am

FLAT EARTH FREDDIE England Ashes hero Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff is convinced by the controversial Flat Earth theory
The cricket legend insisted there was 'evidence to suggest the world isn’t round'

ENGLAND Ashes hero Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff is convinced the world is flat.

Freddie, 39, is hooked on a podcast called The Flat Earthers where conspiracy theorists accuse Disney of peddling lies about the planet’s shape.

Freddie, who inspired England to victory in the 2005 series, insisted there was “evidence to suggest the world isn’t round”.

He said: “If you’re in a helicopter and you hover why does the Earth not come to you if it’s round?

“Why, if we’re hurtling through space, why would water stay still? Why is it not wobbling? Also if you fire a laser about 16 miles, if the world was curved, you shouldn’t be able to see it but you can.”

The BBC Radio 5 live presenter has discussed visiting The Flat Earth International Conference in North Carolina next year with co-host Robbie Savage, 43.

But he admitted he does not believe Earth is totally flat, instead claiming it was “bulbous, like a turnip”.

He said: “The middle is the North Pole, around the outside is the South Pole which is like a big wall of ice.

"This is why all governments now have bases on the South Pole.”

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/4986857/ ... acy-group/

Does anyone on Up The Clarets believe the earth is flat, like Andrew Flintoff?

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:37 am

Where he says the "The middle is the North Pole, around the outside is the South Pole which is like a big wall of ice"

He thinks the world looks like that

happyclaret17 · Post by **happyclaret17** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:38 am

he is also a p.n.e fan....enough said.

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:39 am

happyclaret17 wrote:he is also a p.n.e fan....enough said.

Maybe someone needs to explain to him the concept of the 'North' bit in Preston North End.

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:43 am

Flintoff is like Morceombe’s manager ask him one question then he won’t shut up. Great cricket player terrible pundit.

BleedingClaret · Post by **BleedingClaret** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:46 am

I was scoffing at this,
Guffawing
Then this blew my mind
Flintoff - "He said: “If you’re in a helicopter and you hover why does the Earth not come to you if it’s round?
I'm like, F@ck, and even though I sort of know the answer, I can't get my head round it........
Something to contemplate on the coach to Bournemouth.....
Is the earth just a googly thrown by one of the Gods

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:54 am

You can’t argue with idiots, they bring you down to their level and win with experience

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:55 am

Hendrickxz · Post by **Hendrickxz** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:16 am

Pah! Load of nonsense. Everyone knows its a disc balanced on the backs of four elephants who in turn are standing on the back of a giant turtle! Anything else is just fiction....

mickleoverclaret · Post by **mickleoverclaret** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:20 am

The bloke is an absolute moon man.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:28 am

To be honest 99% of people only believe the earth is round because that's what we have been taught at school.

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:35 am

Quickenthetempo wrote:To be honest 99% of people only believe the earth is round because that's what we have been taught at school.

Careful, you'll get people who might start to think for themselves...

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:56 am

I thought he was a City fan?

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:00 pm

Rick_Muller wrote:Careful, you'll get people who might start to think for themselves...

So you're a conspiracy theorist now are you? I see.

Thinking for yourself. Tut

box_of_frogs · Post by **box_of_frogs** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:05 pm

BleedingClaret wrote: Flintoff - "He said: “If you’re in a helicopter and you hover why does the Earth not come to you if it’s round?

A helicopter will be using reference points (trees, buildings etc) for his hover so that he doesn't crash. Those reference points are moving in tune with the Earth's spin, so the helicopter is in fact moving too.

And some probably complicated physics too....

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:15 pm

I have a question. Is he on the prick list?

Sutton-Claret · Post by **Sutton-Claret** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:22 pm

Maybe that'

s where all the missing ships and planes have gone - they've just dropped off the end ??

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:23 pm

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:23 pm

Sutton-Claret wrote:Maybe that' s where all the missing ships and planes have gone - they've just dropped off the end ??

How can they? It's a giant wall of ice.

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:25 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:30 pm

Tall Paul wrote:

Haha, so the sun orbits the north pole?

Is it trapped by the two magnetic poles, and can't go anywhere else other than the equator?

Is that why there isn't life on other planets, because we keep the sun all to ourselves?

Haha, what crackpots

ChrisG · Post by **ChrisG** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:43 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:Haha, so the sun orbits the north pole?

Is it trapped by the two magnetic poles, and can't go anywhere else other than the equator?

Is that why there isn't life on other planets, because we keep the sun all to ourselves?

Haha, what crackpots

Not to mention the total lightness/darkness period each pole experiences every 6 months or so

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:43 pm

Tall Paul wrote:How can they? It's a giant wall of ice.

Not anymore. Viserion brought some of it down.

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:45 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:Not anymore. Viserion brought some of it down.

SPOILER

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:45 pm

ChrisG wrote:Not to mention the total lightness/darkness period each pole experiences every 6 months or so

Apparently only the north pole has that. Tall Paul's gif says the south pole experiences normal days/night periods.

ClaretinMyBlood · Post by **ClaretinMyBlood** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:47 pm

If the earth is flat, is David Unsworth still round?

50 shades of Grey · Post by **50 shades of Grey** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:49 pm

I mean, honestly, does this mean all those 'round the world' posh yachting types like Ellen MacArthur have been lying to us common plebs all along ? they haven't been circumnavigating the globe at all, have they. They've simply gone out a few hundred miles until they reach this massive wall of ice (which strangely has never been seen by anyone else), turned around and come back with a fake suntan and weighing 4 stones less, to pop open a few bottles of champagne. The fraudsters.

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:50 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:Not anymore. Viserion brought some of it down.

Don't be silly, that's a work of fiction.

And it was in the North.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:54 pm

ClaretinMyBlood wrote:If the earth is flat, is David Unsworth still round?

Have we ruled out the possibility that the Earth is flat because of David Unsworth?

Walton · Post by **Walton** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:58 pm

I'm surprised Flintoff doesn't think driving from Preston to London is all downhill, and the return journey is all uphill.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 1:03 pm

I think I could forgive Flintoff for just about anything after the 2005 Ashes.

With the possible exception of the 2006/7 Ashes.

paulus the woodgnome · Post by **paulus the woodgnome** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 1:06 pm

Perhaps Flintoff's brain is flat?

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 1:10 pm

ChrisG wrote:Not to mention the total lightness/darkness period each pole experiences every 6 months or so

The sun moves closer to the north pole in our summer and further away in winter, like so:

50 shades of Grey wrote:I mean, honestly, does this mean all those 'round the world' posh yachting types like Ellen MacArthur have been lying to us common plebs all along ? they haven't been circumnavigating the globe at all, have they. They've simply gone out a few hundred miles until they reach this massive wall of ice (which strangely has never been seen by anyone else), turned around and come back with a fake suntan and weighing 4 stones less, to pop open a few bottles of champagne. The fraudsters.

Of course they're not lying. They've taken a similar path to the Sun in the diagram. They only ever circumnavigate the globe East to West don't they? Nobody ever does it the other way - because it's not possible!

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 1:12 pm

Why are there different stars visable from the southern hemisphere than from the northern hemisphere?

starting_11 · Post by **starting_11** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 1:13 pm

What idiocy is this?

When God created earth, he didn't make a giant wall of ice around it!

DUH!

Foshiznik · Post by **Foshiznik** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 1:16 pm

starting_11 wrote:What idiocy is this?

When God created earth, he didn't make a giant wall of ice around it!

DUH!

*She

ClaretinMyBlood · Post by **ClaretinMyBlood** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 1:18 pm

If it's flat are we on the top or the bottom?
What's on the other side?
Why do Southern Hemisphere toilets & plug holes turn the other way?
How did Gary Jules' Mad World get a Christmas number 1?

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 1:38 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:Why are there different stars visable from the southern hemisphere than from the northern hemisphere?

There just are, alright?

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 1:44 pm

Spirit levels wouldn't work if the world was round

Caernarfon_Claret · Post by **Caernarfon_Claret** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 2:10 pm

Preston Closer-to-the-centre End

Bertiebeehead · Post by **Bertiebeehead** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 2:45 pm

Poor Freddie, this is what happens when you become teetotal. Too much time to think about stuff, have a beer and forget about it.

Claret · Post by **Claret** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 3:06 pm

THE EARTH IS FLAT.
Arsene Wenger said so on Sunday just after he said it was a definite penalty.

TractorFace · Post by **TractorFace** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 3:09 pm

Poor Freddie. Wearing his ignorance for all to see. What a bell.

Six fingers · Post by **Six fingers** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 3:59 pm

Suggest every one goes to you tube
Type in mark Sargent or Eric Dubay
And find out
200 proofs the earth is flat
It will blow your head off
So this in early April and been trying to work it out
Just research flat earth and the questions will answered
People who take **** are still stand on there days in oz

Six fingers · Post by **Six fingers** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:09 pm

https://youtu.be/h5i_iDyUTCg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Found the link
This takes a few weeks to sink in

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:22 pm

This is how ones brain gets muddled when you associate oneself with religious nutters.

Six fingers · Post by **Six fingers** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:23 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:Why are there different stars visable from the southern hemisphere than from the northern hemisphere?

Here's your answer
https://youtu.be/M-lT2EZJ69E" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
If it's wrong link I will post it again

Six fingers · Post by **Six fingers** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:37 pm

No scientist has proved the earths spin
Water always stays level
Planes fly flat
Ever heared of plane sailing
Its sea level not sea curve
Water can't run up hill (nile river)
It crazy I know

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 5:00 pm

geopancake · Post by **geopancake** » Tue Nov 28, 2017 5:02 pm

My username gives my point of view on this subject.