Ask Buddy  Installment number 25

Gosh, just when I thought I'd get a break for a while along comes 'Jeb' from the "Show Me State' with serious need of my 'professional' advice. So tighten your seatbelts as we hotrod into the 'speed zone'.

Hi Buddy! You don't know me but I sure do know you. I'm whatcha might call, a 'follower'. Not like a 'stalker' or anything like that of course. I mean, Who does That!? You know, I'm just a 'reader' follower. Really.  Well, enough about Me, but I could go on and on and on but I wont. So here's the thing I'm writing to you about and I just know you can help me.  Almost all of my friends, as they call themselves, actually believe that planet Earth is shaped like a basketball. Can you believe that!? I mean what the hell is that all about.  Anyone with the brains of a piss ant knows that it's flat as a banana pancake! Right? Do you like pancakes Buddy? Boy, I sure do! Anyway, there's no way that earth can possibly be round like a ball! Buddy, I consider myself pretty smart. I'm the sharp knife in the drawer! People tell me that I'm at the top of the 'heap' when it comes to brains. But, they also tell me that the earth is round and not flat. Some folks just don't have any common sense like you and I do Buddy! Right?

 My question is this, will you help me prove that the earth is flat?  Do you think I'm a little crazy here? How should I go about 'proving' my case that the earth really is flat as a fritter? 

Thanks in advance for your 'professional' help Buddy! Affectionately, 'Flat Earther Jeb', in the "Show Me State".

Dear Flat Earther Jeb, or whomever you may be, my answers are as follows;  Yes,  Yes more than a "little",  and Yes. First, if you really Are in the 'Show Me State' this means that no matter what, you have grown up in a state, no pun intended, of perpetual doubt about, well...everything, and I can't really blame you for thinking the earth is flat, as you have been born to do.  So, with that out of the way, here's what you should do;     First, climb to the top of something that's about 100ft tall. From there you'll be able to see the horizon that's around 12 miles or so distant. Remember, that's Not the edge of the earth yet, so don't worry you wont fall off yet. Next, do the same thing as before. Upon traveling that 12 miles repeat the same drill again, and again, and again, and all over again. Eventually you'll wind up right there in your own back yard. Oh, be sure you pack a lunch, you're gonna get a little hungry! Check back in with me when you actually do, if ever, locate the edge of Your 'Flat Earth'. Good luck Jeb! ;)