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What would you put in a time capsule?
Is mise Duncan Started conversation Jun 25, 2001
Imagine you had to choose the content for a time capsule which was going to be sent into a 5,000 year orbit and would come back to earth at that stage. You only have the equivalent space to one 2-litre pop bottle. What would you put in it?
What would you put in a time capsule?
E G Mel Posted Jun 25, 2001
Boring but a newspaper from the launch date, or some of it anyway!
Mel 
What would you put in a time capsule?
Is mise Duncan Posted Jun 25, 2001
But it is unlikely that the earth of 5,000 years hence would understand what the funny marks on the newspaper were..just as we don't understand what the neolithich stoneworked shapes (spirals) are all about.
What would you put in a time capsule?
E G Mel Posted Jun 25, 2001
A bow tie and how to use it! pictorial of course
An english dictionary
lots of photos of everyday life
Mel
What would you put in a time capsule?
Phreako Posted Jun 25, 2001
Nothing that would make us look incredibly stupid
What would you put in a time capsule?
E G Mel Posted Jun 25, 2001
What like an article on the last american election 
Mel
What would you put in a time capsule?
Phreako Posted Jun 25, 2001
Yeah
that would make us look really dumb
We wouldn't want people who are alive five thousand years from now to think that our level of intelligence was that low.
What would you put in a time capsule?
Phreako Posted Jun 25, 2001
As long as there was something that explained what the Darwin awards were because then they would know that the winners were considered to be extremely stupid people and they would know that we were not all that stupid.
What would you put in a time capsule?
E G Mel Posted Jun 25, 2001
Some water from our ocean and some from our water supply, see if they've managed to clean the place up a bit or not!
Mel
What would you put in a time capsule?
Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit Posted Jun 25, 2001
An apology.
What would you put in a time capsule?
Phreako Posted Jun 25, 2001
An apology for what?
Destroying the planet for them?
What would you put in a time capsule?
NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) Posted Jun 25, 2001
For killing the poor guy that the capsule landed on.
What would you put in a time capsule?
Mother of God, Empress of the Universe Posted Jun 26, 2001
Something like this?
GOD:
He came.
He created.
He absquatulated, giggling like a madman.
Thanks for the , dude.
What would you put in a time capsule?
E G Mel Posted Jun 26, 2001
Giggling like a madman?
Never heard that before!
Mel
What would you put in a time capsule?
Phreako Posted Jun 26, 2001
Lets put an inflatable chair in the time capsule
When it comes back, the people 5000 years from now can enjoy all of the same comfort that we did and can discover the wonders of the inflatable chair
What would you put in a time capsule?
Mother of God, Empress of the Universe Posted Jun 26, 2001
Hi Mel
I'm privy to all SORTS of things about God that aren't common knowledge. And whenever that thread returns to my space (HUMPH!grumble mutter) I'll continue to air his dirty little secrets.
What would you put in a time capsule?
NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) Posted Jun 26, 2001
How about the entire human genetic code?
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What would you put in a time capsule?
- 1: Is mise Duncan (Jun 25, 2001)
- 2: E G Mel (Jun 25, 2001)
- 3: Is mise Duncan (Jun 25, 2001)
- 4: E G Mel (Jun 25, 2001)
- 5: Phreako (Jun 25, 2001)
- 6: E G Mel (Jun 25, 2001)
- 7: Phreako (Jun 25, 2001)
- 8: E G Mel (Jun 25, 2001)
- 9: Phreako (Jun 25, 2001)
- 10: E G Mel (Jun 25, 2001)
- 11: Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit (Jun 25, 2001)
- 12: Phreako (Jun 25, 2001)
- 13: NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) (Jun 25, 2001)
- 14: E G Mel (Jun 26, 2001)
- 15: Mother of God, Empress of the Universe (Jun 26, 2001)
- 16: E G Mel (Jun 26, 2001)
- 17: Phreako (Jun 26, 2001)
- 18: Mother of God, Empress of the Universe (Jun 26, 2001)
- 19: E G Mel (Jun 26, 2001)
- 20: NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) (Jun 26, 2001)
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