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Old February 25th, 2014 #14
Jimmy Marr
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The Earth, of course, is not irregularly shaped, but despite its size, it has no weight.

That's irregular as hell.

But I won't belabor it here because I know N.B. is vulnerable to feelings of weightlessness, especially in the Southern Hemisphere, and I don't want to torture him any more than is absolutely necessary.

About his weightlessness, and the weightlessness of the our entire planet, that is.

I'm not even going to mention the progressive tilting of the Earth's axis.
I think I get what you mean about not wanting to write columns which require the development of context. Better just to wait for someone else to do the heavy lifting, especially if he fears weightlessness, and then go in with a quick jab.