Reality Check by Dave Whamond for October 04, 2018

Be careful, Ralphie, I have an orange tabby that’s been known to eat squirrels.

If the world was flat, wouldn’t the Chinese or the Australians or someone be living on the other side?

Where are the elephants and the turtle?

Where’s my… what the heck… it was right here!

Another comic that was a meme too, “if the earth was flat then cats would’ve knocked everything off by now”

I shared this on my neighbor’s FB wall…she is a member of the Flat Earth Society.

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Has anyone ever determined exactly where the edge of the earth is so we can go and throw our depleted uranium over the side?

Oh, they would…

Do my missing socks constitute proof of the Flat Earth Theory?

Are you saying it’s not?

Wait — never mind landfills and dumps — just drop it off the face of the earth!! WHY didn’t we think of that sooner!!

As someone who shares a living space with feline-Americans, I fully appreciate this.Cats do not like “things on top of other things” (with the exception of themselves).They also like to conduct endless gravitational theory experiments.When they encounter said things, they they to get “nudged” to a lower vertical surface.

Ha, ha, ha! Yep.

Can you imagine how much real estate would cost with a view like that?

If someone would just fly to the edge of the Earth and take a picture then I would believe. I’m just waiting waiting waiting….

Was that my cellphone? Oy

The contrary-to-fact/wish requires the subjunctive, not the indicative. Not “if the world was indeed flat,” but “if the world WERE indeed flat.” Is it wrong to call a writer for poor grammar or is it a writer’s responsibility to do his/her best to educated while entertaining? I’m particularly concerned of the effects poor writing has on students and pupils.

My pupils contract when they see poor grammar, er…Grandma.