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Old 12-24-2008, 04:38 AM   #25 (permalink)
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"You are very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"


After Bertrand Russel gave a lecture on astronomy, an old lady claimed that the world was flat and supported by a giant turtle. This was her answer after he asked her what the turtle was standing on.

from a Brief History of Time - Stephan W Hawking.
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