Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
Since its St Paddy's day I thought I would ask this question.

Back in the day people thought if you traveled too far over the ocean you would fall off and be eaten by terrible monsters. So why did they believe that?
Probably for the same reasons that people today think that shaving with a straight razor is dangerous or that second hand smoke is dangerous or that anyone named abdul is dangerous.If people are told something often enough, even a lie, it will become the truth to them