# I can't convince doorhinge that Earth is a sphere; thus, it is not a sphere **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 12, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259 "2015-12-12T18:01:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/141 "2015-12-17T22:19:19Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > I don’t wish to embarrass you, **Trinopus** , but I’m pretty sure that **septimus** is using the word “ball” in the sense of “testicle.” …not that there’s anything wrong with you having a great time with one or two of those. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/142 "2015-12-17T22:22:36Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > FWIW, yes! The world IS a ball! I’m having a great time! _Throwing Stones_ by the Grateful Dead > [@](#): > > Picture a bright blue ball > Just spinning, spinning free > Dizzy with eternity > Paint it with a skin of sky > Brush in some clouds and sea > Call it home for you and me > A peaceful place or so it looks from space > A closer look reveals the human race > Full of hope, full of grace, is the human face > But afraid, we may lay our home to waste The Dead have spoken. I’m convinced. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/143 "2015-12-17T23:31:03Z")
As the earth continues to warm, it will soon be hot as spheres. ---
**Author:** ![sich\_hinaufwinden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@sich\_hinaufwinden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sich_hinaufwinden)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/144 "2015-12-17T23:53:08Z")
The only thing we have to fear, is sphere itself. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/145 "2015-12-18T00:51:44Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > I don’t wish to embarrass you, **Trinopus** , but I’m pretty sure that **septimus** is using the word “ball” in the sense of “testicle.” Oh, well! That makes a vas deferens! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/146 "2015-12-18T01:45:45Z")
He ejaculated. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/147 "2015-12-18T04:12:47Z")
Well, you see, [there was a tiny flaw in the plan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGxAYeeyoIc) of the deniers. [It was bollocks](http://blog.hotwhopper.com/2013/07/denier-weirdness-collection-of-alarmist.html). ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/148 "2015-12-18T13:53:10Z")
I feel like the straight-man lobbing soft balls for you punny wags to whack out of the woods. But your trajectories are seemin’ to climax long before they reach heaven. On a lighter note, The (2k+1)-dimensional volume of a (2k+1)-dimensional ball of unit radius is given by2[sup]k+1[/sup]π[sup]k[/sup]/(2k+1)!!where the double exclamation mark does NOT mean the Euler was just happy to do this manipulation. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/149 "2015-12-18T14:42:10Z")
“Bang bang! You’re dead, Euler!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259.md?page=7)