Comments on THE PLACE OF MYTH IN A WORLD OF FACTS.

The world is round.
No, it isn’t. It is flat as a pancake.
Stars are suns.
No they are not. They are pretty points of light in the night sky.
The sun is a star.
No it isn’t. It is a blazing mass of fusion warming the beaches and our faces.
Oceans are blue.
No they’re not. Take some in your hand. Is it blue? No.
I think, therefore I am.
No you are not. You could not think if you weren’t already there. It is I am, therefore I think.
Zoos are cruel to animals.
No they’re not. Animals adore zoos. The one’s that don’t are neurotic.
Money is a good thing.
No it isn’t. It is the root of all evil.
Florida is a cool place.
No it isn’t. It averages 90 degrees with high humidity year round.
Airplanes are kept up by air holding them up under the wings.
No they’re not.
Airplanes stay up because of the motion of the air on top of the wing causing a suction like effect.
Mother Teresa was born in Calcutta.
No she wasn’t. She was born in Albania.
Math is difficult.
No it isn’t.
Principia Mathematica, history’s greatest Math book was written by a 23 year old - Isaac Newton.
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paris was always a Christian.
No he wasn’t. His name is Aaron and he is Jewish - like Jesus was.
Jesus was good.
No he wasn’t. He said: “Why do you call me good? God alone is good.”
Computers are wonderful things.
No they’re not. They are full of glitches.
It is ten to nine in the morning.
No it isn’t. In Australia it is ten to ten in the evening.
Pluto is a planet.
No it isn’t. Astronomers have decided it is an entity like an asteroid.
Dentists are all sexual perverts.
No they are not. Not all of them.
God is the most important thing in American life.
No He isn’t; money is.
Money is valuable.
No it isn’t. It is just bits of paper.
Arnold Schwarzenegger once won the Mr. Universe title.
No he didn’t. He won it three times.
Parks in big cities are good for the environment.
No they’re not. They attract drug users, vagrants and delinquents.
Strawberries are healthy.
No they’re not. They are one of the most  naturally polluted foods on the planet.
Things are not what they seem.
No they’re not.

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© 2009 Jonathan Sion