Study
Proves Burbank is
Flatter Than Kansas
BURBANK — A study released today revealed
that Burbank has surpassed Kansas as one of the flattest places
in North America.
"Yep, it's flat all right." says researcher
Xavier Dondelinger, "Flatter than last month's Pepsi."
Burbank's new status came about when an inclined area was razed
to make room for some tract housing, thus lowering Burbank's flatness
ratio and putting it ahead of Kansas.
The study was commissioned by the Flat Earth
Society as a way to prove that the earth is, in fact, flat. The
society's latest effort studied the flattest places on earth in
hopes of discovering statistical evidence supporting their beliefs.
The study will be published in the journal Horizontal.
"I think we all started out thinking that Kansas must be flatter,"
adds Dondelinger, "so it really took us by surprise —
especially since neighboring Glendale is so hilly. And actually,
if you drive through Kansas, you'll see gently rolling hills in
a lot of it. But you could put a bowling ball smack in the center
of Burbank and it's not going anywhere for a few millennia."
"Yep, it's flat all right... you could put
a bowling ball smack in the center of Burbank and it's not going
anywhere for a few millennia"
— Xavier
Dondelinger, Researcher
On an international scale, in terms of flattest
places on earth, Burbank still ranks behind the Mongolian Plateau,
Australia's Mullarbor Plain, Algeria's Great Eastern Erg and Greenland's
Knud Rasmussen Land.
Dondelinger would not speculate as to whether
Burbank was also culturally flatter than Kansas.
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