A Conversation for The Post Time-Travel Challenge: No Time like the Omnipresent

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Gnomon - time to move on

I was raised a Catholic and we didn't do much of that old Bible stuff, so I don't know the original story, but I think I can guess.

Are you still taking entries for this challenge?


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aka Bel - A87832164

Yes, we do. The more the merrier. smiley - biggrin


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minorvogonpoet

Good story. Though I have a feeling that I need to know my Bible better. smiley - blush

If you were going to try to sound clever (which, in my experience, is usually a mistake on hootoo) you would say something on the following lines:

"When constructing a time-travelling machine, care needs to be taken in the design of the time-space co-ordinates. Even ruling out the possibility of inter-planetary travel, they need to be based on some universal Earth-time. It sounds as if that this designer chose the Western, or Christian calendar. The time at which he arrived might have been 1893 in the reckoning of some other ethnic group." smiley - geek


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cactuscafe

Heh heh. smiley - rofl And mvp designing the footnotes now smiley - rofl.

Ah, how I love to mix with these peculiar - nice peculiar - science fiction type people. smiley - rofl, although I'm not sure what I would do if I met one of them at the ticket counter at the station. smiley - rofl. And where are you travelling to today, then, my friend? I would ask, concealing my ticket to Bognor Regis in my packet of biccies.

?? Am I making sense today?

No Time Like the (Omni)Present?? Ah! I wish I'd said that. smiley - rofl Ah well. And I wish I'd said . Its OK that I didn't, almost, smiley - wah . I like to mix with brilliant people. And I have biscuits. And now I am going to go get on the train to Bognor Regis and eat them. Well, I'm not really. I just said that.





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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

I've always thought that Bognor Regis sounded like a totally romantic destination. smiley - rofl Thanks, CC. smiley - hug

And thanks, MVP. Your footnote is perfect. smiley - biggrin That's exactly what I meant by nattering on about Dennis the Short.

Gnomon, please write away. Let's leave this challenge open for a bit. I want more time-travel stories. smiley - zen It's the ultimate hootooer experience.

Oh, speaking of footnotes, maybe I should stick in the reference for Elijahu Ha-Navi. Here is the story in a readable English version, no need for the Universal Translator:

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+1&version=NIV

Oh, and a song about Elijah that I particularly like, but it's in Hebrew:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp9sdwlI7mY

Note: Elijah is quite an epic character, a true sorceror, and of course, the second hitchhiker to the galaxy in the Bible. smiley - winkeye (He gets picked up by a spaceship called the 'Merkavah'.)


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minorvogonpoet

smiley - laugh It seems to me that the morals of this story are:

smiley - star make sure that your houses are properly constructed and comply with Building Regulations;

smiley - star avoid travelling in high mountains in bad weather.


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

smiley - rofl True. And that was the *king*!

Also: Do not consult the Lord of the Flies, because he is a liar. And do not irritate grump prophets who throw fireballs. smiley - winkeye


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Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U.

Excellent Dmitrismiley - smiley


smiley - winkeyeerr! do you want me to pick you up on my way back


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

smiley - rofl I think I'll hitch-hike. You drive too erratically. smiley - winkeye

Also, it's a long way back from Mt Ararat.


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Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U.

smiley - oksmiley - rocket
oops! hit reverse - duck!!!!!!


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

smiley - rofl You are a hazard to the space/time continuum, Prof.


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Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U.

smiley - smileyoh if I wassmiley - smileysmiley - laughsmiley - laugh


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Post 13

Gnomon - time to move on

Mind that duck, Prof! smiley - musicalnote


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Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U.

smiley - rocketsmiley - chick(it has webbed feet on close up)phew!


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