Do what?

[Fungus]

Well Fungus, you might be interested to know that even the Torah, and various other 'novels' (e.g. the Dead Sea scrolls), were all based on an original work I started back in 1961 (b.c of course)...

At the moment all this is still under discussion with a few QC's, but if Dan Brown thinks he has a few worries then wait till you see my claim against the Catholic church for the last few centuries...after that I've been advised than Islam is the next biggest plagiarist given the number of Korans produced these days...

threaded

Poor old threaded. I'm starting to feel sympathy for the poor lad, given the way that so many people are sticking the boot in. Okay, so by all accounts his large pie intake means that it will take a few days for the neuronal firings initiated by the kicks to reach his brain, but still, I feel a tinge of sympathy.

[Dundeegeorge]

large pie intake

Indeed.
I understand that Threaded can be seen from outer space
And that light bends round him
etc.

[threaded]

The earth was flat

Not quite right, the Greeks thought the earth was an oblate sphere although some Greeks objected as they thought a sphere was more 'perfect'. There was a book of maps made in 150 AD that used a mercator style projection.
Eratosthenes got the sun at the centre of the solar system, the earth roating around the sun and the stars being a really long way away in comparison, and even worked out a surprisingly accurate diameter for the equator.

Now if you'd said 300 AD...

Anyways, the idea of a flat earth was only held by a few religious loonies, who disliked the pagan greek influence on thought. Occasionally they got into positions of power and influence, but on the whole the concept that educated people in the dark/middle ages thought the earth was flat is just another of those myths.

[Joe Black]

Occasionally they got into positions of power and influence, but on the whole the concept that educated people in the dark/middle ages thought the earth was flat is just another of those myths.

But given that it was the dark ages I'd imagine it was still pretty hard for them to see the edges...