Saturday 18 July 2009

Small-Minded Conspiracy Theorists


With the fortieth anniversary of the Moon Landings, the conspiracy theories have started to make a reappearance. They say that Neil Armstrong and co never actually went anywhere - the whole thing was an elaborate ruse.

Of course few people believe them. Why would the US government go to such lengths to create a massive hoax when they could just stick a couple of astronauts on top of a rocket?

In an amazing stroke of good fortune involving public transport and a misplaced laptop, this blog has obtained exclusive access to secret information concerning not only the events of July 1969, but a conspiracy which has been perpetrated on the innocent citizens of the World for over 2000 years.

It turns out that the conspiracy theorists just aren't thinking big enough.

The flat earth brigade were closer to the truth than they (or we) imagined. However, they believe that the Earth is just a single flat surface. What they failed to do was to think three-dimensionally. If they had they might have realised that the Earth isn't flat. It's a block of flats.


Each floor is around 2 miles high. If you sail over the horizon, you end up in a large elevator, enabling you to get onto other floors. If the lift is there, of course. If not, your ship might just fall into the lift shaft. Now we know the real secret of the Bermuda Triangle.

When the first explorers sailed forth and discovered all this, they realised that it would be very foolish to tell people about it. If there were untold riches to be found on other floors, they wanted to keep it all for themselves. So, they started to draw maps showing vast expanses of sea, and to tell tales of monsters, of seductive mermaids that would lure ships to be wrecked, and so on. They wanted to discourage the majority of people from setting sail and finding out how easy it was to get to another country. They also wanted everyone to believe that they were brave heroes. Especially the ladies.

A Sailor's Map of the World c. 800 AD.
The central lift-shaft is clearly depicted.


As sailors found more and more places, so their maps got ever more elaborate. And then someone had the bright idea of making the world spherical. It's not known who this clever chap was, but his colleagues thought he was barking mad. They said that no-one would ever believe that. What a silly idea! They'd ask awkward questions, like "why don't the Australians fall off?", and "what's holding it up?", and so on.

"They won't fall for it..."

Nevertheless, the naysayers were wrong. People liked the idea of living on a ball. It was aesthetically and mathematically pleasing. It made the Earth a nice finite place, and it was as far away as you could get from the real picture of a giant run-down apartment block.


But all this happened centuries ago. Why are governments so eager to keep this secret in the 21st century?

The answer, as always, is "money". When the Wright brothers first managed to fly a few feet in the air, the Powers That Be realised that once people got 2 miles up, they'd see that there were ceilings, lights and sprinklers up there. So they devised a plan which would not only keep the aircraft industry from spilling the beans, but which would make vast quantities of money.

As long as the airlines kept up the pretence, and made people sit in their cramped airplanes for hours on end instead of the 5 minutes it would actually take to get to another floor, they could charge a fortune for Business class, whilst the governments of the world raked in airport taxes and the like.

And what about the Moon? Well, only a handful of the world's floors are habitable. The rest aren't finished. As usual the property developers conned investors into building something that was way too big. The moon's actually in the basement. And Neil Armstrong really did go there. Of course, the best way to get down the lift shaft wasn't in a rocket.

The real Apollo 11

So there you have it. Of course, "they" will say that these are just the deranged ramblings of a blogger desperate to find something to post on a weekend. But we know better...

15 comments:

Jean Knee said...

FIRST!!!!

Jean Knee said...

I guess you could be right.

remember that Capricorn I. movie starring homicidal maniac OJ Simpson?


I don't buy into the moon in the bASEMENT THEORY THOUGH, BECAUSE i HAVE TO LOOK UP TO SEE THE MOON


crap, cap lock again

Bee said...

Maybe it's because I'm tired but this sounds diiiiirty:

The central lift-shaft is clearly depicted.

Simon said...

Classic. I have taken a sacred vow to bitch-slap the first tinfoil-hat-brigader who tells me it was faked in a film studio. With a dead fish.

Bee said...

I have decided that this whole block of flats is a cool idea and it makes complete sense. This means Beeland is real. The elevator or erm LIFT is clearly marked with warning labels “ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK” “DANGEROUS ANIMALS” “I AM OUT OF KETCHUP!”

Bee said...

I also want to thank you for the British-speak you have exposed me to because I am currently reading a book written by a Brit. I do want to yell at you for not telling me a caravan is what we call a trailer. I kept thinking the people in the book were following each other around the country. Bad Brian!

Bee said...

Oh and don’t tell Simon but…

Sometimes, late at night, I have my doubts about the authenticity of that video.

::takes off running::

jean knee said...

just where are you Brian????


this si sooo not kewl

Brian o vretanos said...

Jean Knee:

The moon you see is not the real one. It's all done with mirrors and stuff...

Bee:

I'm shocked.

Simon:

Thanks!

Bee:

You should know that a caravan is the same in proper English as in Spanish. It's part of a Caravanserai. Or something.

Jean Knee:

Sorry, I've just returned from the pub.

Jean Knee said...

are you wasted?

didn't that sound like college?

dude, I'm so wasted

Bee said...

jean knee has a fudge surprise for you, Brian.

Jean Knee said...

That is your fudge surprise Bee.


only for you

kat said...

I think I may have just peed my pants a little I was laughing so hard. You my friend ought to write a book about that very topic.

Dan said...

everyone knows the moon landing was fake, why hasn't anyone ever gone back?
Why is the flag waving around like that? shouldn't it be straight down?

Brian o vretanos said...

Kat:

Thanks!

Dan:

They didn't go back because it was very expensive, and didn't help them get a military advantage over the Russians.

If you look closely at the pictures, the flag has a horizontal bar along the top holding it in place. It's not flapping in the wind, they just didn't open it right out.

They'd have looked pretty stupid going all the way to the moon and putting up a flag that just fell straight down again...