[Humour] Entertaining Conspiracy Theories

Stato said:

I've mentioned before that a friend loaned me this book https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/18617616 and that I hate-read it. I've never been so annoyed by an author's self satisfied tone. In summary, his big discovery is that a lot of West Coast rock stars of the late sixties had parents who were in the military, or who worked in weapons manufacture. From that he deduces not that this would be entirely unusual for any randomly selected group of people who's parents had been adults during WWII, but that the whole of the Laurel Canyon scene was a psy op. It's not at all clear what the intent of the operation was, but anybody who doesn't agree with him is a sheeple.

Another fun conspiracy theory hate-read was Bruce Robinson's huge tome about Jack the Ripper. Yes, that Bruce Robinson of 'Withnail & I' fame. I'd read his novel 'The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman' and really enjoyed it and also have a bit of a thing for reading Jack the Ripper books, so bought it as soon as it came out. I don't read Jack the Ripper books because I'm interested in the case, more because I'm interested in the psychology of the amateur sleuths who write them. They nearly all decide on a suspect early on and snap Ockham's razor in their attempts to highlight everything that supports their argument and belittle or ignore everything that doesn't. I thought Patricia Cornwall's mad ramblings couldn't be surpassed for this, but Bruce did it easily, also throwing in huge amounts of angry rudeness, arrogance, tunnel vision and conspiracy theory about how and why virtually every policeman and politician in the country conspired to cover up the truth that only he is aware of.

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edna krabappel said:

I've got an appointment there in a few weeks time, to go behind the scenes, as it were.

I've not had to sign any Official Secrets Act documents yet as far as I recall, so I will post photos of the nuclear launch sites and alien experimentation labs as I find them

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BrianB said:

Southwick tunnel on A27 is a nuclear shelter for bigwigs .
' Proof' = number of doors inside it and number of closures for ' emergency services exercises '..
could be.

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Happy Exile said:

Not sure if it's a conspiracy theory but the legends of the Holy Grail being still hidden in Lewes and protected by a handful of people "in the know" are entertaining. The evidence is apparently: a Knights Templar church from the time of the Crusades being associated with the Grail being brought to the town, then when Thomas a Beckett was murdered the knights fled to the Bishop of Malling's house (the Lewes Malling, not the Kent one) and put their swords on a table, which threw them off because the Grail was on the table and rejected the murderer's weapons (the reputed table is in Anne of Cleves' house in the town). Supposedly it then ended up in the care of the priory, where it was hidden by the monks at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries, and a spring (Pinwell possibly?) that had always flowed clear started flowing red. It's said to be still there, or in the Masonic lodge, buried under the Town Hall and probably elsewhere too

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Lyndhurst 14 said:

When I lived in the States there were quite a few Loony Tunes people spouting all manner of CTs. Many were old like the moon landings, JFK etc but one I hadn't heard before was Michelle Obama was in fact a man - WTF ! And the Simpsons more than covered the topic.

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Happy Exile said:

Not sure if it's a conspiracy theory but the legends of the Holy Grail being still hidden in Lewes and protected by a handful of people "in the know" are entertaining. The evidence is apparently: a Knights Templar church from the time of the Crusades being associated with the Grail being brought to the town, then when Thomas a Beckett was murdered the knights fled to the Bishop of Malling's house (the Lewes Malling, not the Kent one) and put their swords on a table, which threw them off because the Grail was on the table and rejected the murderer's weapons (the reputed table is in Anne of Cleves' house in the town). Supposedly it then ended up in the care of the priory, where it was hidden by the monks at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries, and a spring (Pinwell possibly?) that had always flowed clear started flowing red. It's said to be still there, or in the Masonic lodge, buried under the Town Hall and probably elsewhere too

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Algernon said:

A friend of mine insists that old churches are really power stations that gathered, stored, and distributed "electricity from the earth's magnetic field" back in the late middle ages.

Yeah, I know, rubbish............I haven't got any mates.

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Bakero said:

Who doesn't like pizza? That's like saying you don't like sandwiches.

Anyway, two conspiracy theories to add:

1. Birds aren't real.
2. Van Cleef is an android.

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Brovion said:

I started that one! And the one about England not really winning the World Cup in 1966. It was faked using the sain favour of Heat

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Brovion said:

I don't think it's quite the same. Hopefully my other two posts have proved that I've no time for the 'flat earth' style conspiracies (Another group who've depressingly grown in number in the internet age), but do I think that governments lie, cheat, distort and hide facts? Of course I do - and I'm pretty sure that everyone else posting on this thread also thinks that.

But there's a difference between healthy scepticism and downright insanity. Take Covid for example. I personally feel the lockdowns were a massive mistake that have created huge long-term problems, and these far outweigh any short-term benefits that they may have had. I also think that the government twisted the 'facts' to 'prove' that they were, in fact, the best approach. I may be right, I may be wrong, but yes I was/am sceptical of the government in this respect. However I don't believe that Covid was a hoax or that it was spread by 5G masts or that the vaccines were Bill Gates injecting chips into us - that's the insanity end of the spectrum.

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Berty23 said:

Goodness me. Matt le tis is going mental. His latest rabbit hole is the government organised good weather for the pandemic. For a government so many say are is competent that is pretty incredible.




While on the topic of ex sports stars losing their minds. KP has tweeted a picture showing plastic ring and no watch because he is going to London and thanking sadiq khan. Why do people pretend the central government isn’t far more responsible for societies problems? It seems the Tories are spending the build up to elections talking down our country after 14 years of their control and going scorched earth. What a time to be alive!

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Berty23 said:

Goodness me. Matt le tis is going mental. His latest rabbit hole is the government organised good weather for the pandemic. For a government so many say are is competent that is pretty incredible.




While on the topic of ex sports stars losing their minds. KP has tweeted a picture showing plastic ring and no watch because he is going to London and thanking sadiq khan. Why do people pretend the central government isn’t far more responsible for societies problems? It seems the Tories are spending the build up to elections talking down our country after 14 years of their control and going scorched earth. What a time to be alive!

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Happy Exile said:

Not sure if it's a conspiracy theory but the legends of the Holy Grail being still hidden in Lewes and protected by a handful of people "in the know" are entertaining. The evidence is apparently: a Knights Templar church from the time of the Crusades being associated with the Grail being brought to the town, then when Thomas a Beckett was murdered the knights fled to the Bishop of Malling's house (the Lewes Malling, not the Kent one) and put their swords on a table, which threw them off because the Grail was on the table and rejected the murderer's weapons (the reputed table is in Anne of Cleves' house in the town). Supposedly it then ended up in the care of the priory, where it was hidden by the monks at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries, and a spring (Pinwell possibly?) that had always flowed clear started flowing red. It's said to be still there, or in the Masonic lodge, buried under the Town Hall and probably elsewhere too

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sydney said:

Bill Gates is a lunatic.

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