"It's Turtles All The Way Down!"

[kpete]

A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: “What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.” The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, “What is the tortoise standing on?” “You’re very clever, young man, very clever,” said the old lady. “But it’s turtles all the way down!”

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[dixiegrrrrl]

1. That has been a catchphrase in our household for 40 some years now

whenever a politico nutjob is the topic of conversation.

We've been saying it a lot lately, I notice.

[hobbit709]

2. The Great A'Tuin

[Amishman]

3. what does the turtle stand on?

What? Its a turtle, it swims! That's what turtles do!

[Luminous Animal]

4. That story always cracks me up.