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.”

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

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

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

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?

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

Imploding Turtle wrote:

Tall Paul wrote:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

starting_11 wrote:What idiocy is this?

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

DUH!

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

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