Since it’s her birthday, Spider Monkey gets to ask today’s question. For her, it is not random, but rather, typical of every question she ever asks.
“What would you do if you had a time machine?”
23 comments
I would make extensive use of its “pause / step” feature. Especially if somebody was enraged or if I caught a glimpse of boobie or if someone fell down or something.
@ 3:12 pm on February 20, 2009
take my money out the the market…or what Trey said.
@ 3:21 pm on February 20, 2009
1) Invest in Broadcast.com
2) Meet Casey Thompson before she became famous
3) Warn people of the CueCat
4) Ranch Up!
@ 3:22 pm on February 20, 2009
Finally finish my history report.
@ 3:24 pm on February 20, 2009
I wonder would other people be aware of it, though. Like if somebody was enraged and they could see themselves in a mirror and you kept rewinding and pause/stepping their enraged face to show them how small and ridiculous they really looked and it only made them more enraged but they couldn’t make you stop. That would be funny but I guess they might hit you later. (Then again, if your reflexes were quick and you had your remote handy you could stop their fist in mid-blow, but it would have to come eventually and would probably hurt even more if you had all that time to think about it. You might wuss out and just go live in the Civil War or like that John Adams miniseries or something, or I guess Greece if you were gay.)
@ 3:24 pm on February 20, 2009
1. Not eat that sandwich.
2. Let go of the tree sooner.
3. Avoid puking more.
@ 3:26 pm on February 20, 2009
I woulda gone ahead and hit the damn deer.
@ 3:26 pm on February 20, 2009
Sign Zac’s petition
@ 3:27 pm on February 20, 2009
@JS: Would have done a spit take if I had been drinking something. Instead, just made me laugh out loud. Well done.
@ 3:29 pm on February 20, 2009
Fold.
@ 3:30 pm on February 20, 2009
Actually, I guess if you paused time, there’s be no stepping; you’d be paralyzed. And time would be frozen forever. Would there still be a future, just one that would never happen? Or would the future cease to be a category.
@ 3:32 pm on February 20, 2009
Go back and not delete Trey’s comment to this thread (”Two chicks at the same time”). Because now Eric is yelling at me about how that’s a quote I didn’t get, which makes it funny, I guess, if you know the quote, which I didn’t.
@ 3:33 pm on February 20, 2009
I’d go forward in time and buy a Sports Almanac, then go back in time and place a ton of bets and open a casino with a museum about my rise to fame.
@ 3:36 pm on February 20, 2009
Not comment on a blog with an inconsistent policy on guidelines for commenters.
@ 3:58 pm on February 20, 2009
If we had a time machine (Kevin and Carol Lavin, Elizabeth’s parents)we would go back to all the wonderful memories we had of Elizabeth and Patricia growing up.We traveled together-especially memorable is our Costa Rica trip and we would go back to Costa Rica in a minute with the girls. Happy Birthday-our beautitful daughter Elizabeth.
@ 4:00 pm on February 20, 2009
Wow, parents of Spider Monkey, that’s the way to kill the thread!
@ 4:38 pm on February 20, 2009
Mom, COME ON!
@ 4:58 pm on February 20, 2009
If I had a time machine, I would load a few folks I don’t like into it and send them back to the land of troglodytes- never to be seen or heard from again.
@ 5:46 pm on February 20, 2009
Kidnap historical figures so I could pass my history report.
@ 1:31 am on February 21, 2009
Go back and video the big bang as it happened so I could go back to high school and prove it to my science teacher and not get a “C-” .
@ 9:47 am on February 21, 2009
1. Break-up with my ex before she could break-up with me.
2. Buy gold when it was less expensive
3. Stop myself from buying on credit
@ 4:35 pm on February 21, 2009
@Tim
That Office Space quote fit perfectly here……
@ 8:35 am on February 22, 2009
Hey Spider Monkey!!! Sorry about Mom & Dad’s dorky comment. What can you expect it’s our parents. Gotta love them!! Anyway, about that time machine. I would go back to every Christmas. I love the fact that every year we race around getting Christmas presents last minute, the usual Christmas drama at the Lavin’s and we cannot forget something always happens w. the damn Christmas tree. It’s my favorite time of year. Happy Birthday Sis!! To all of you who work with her. She a great girl if you have not already figured that out. She is also my Maid of honor. Please take care of her. See Ya Tricia
@ 1:28 pm on February 22, 2009
FrontBurner® launched in March 2003, the first blog in Dallas run by a media organization. This is where the editors of D Magazine come to waste a tremendous amount of time.
23 comments
I would make extensive use of its “pause / step” feature. Especially if somebody was enraged or if I caught a glimpse of boobie or if someone fell down or something.
take my money out the the market…or what Trey said.
1) Invest in Broadcast.com
2) Meet Casey Thompson before she became famous
3) Warn people of the CueCat
4) Ranch Up!
Finally finish my history report.
I wonder would other people be aware of it, though. Like if somebody was enraged and they could see themselves in a mirror and you kept rewinding and pause/stepping their enraged face to show them how small and ridiculous they really looked and it only made them more enraged but they couldn’t make you stop. That would be funny but I guess they might hit you later. (Then again, if your reflexes were quick and you had your remote handy you could stop their fist in mid-blow, but it would have to come eventually and would probably hurt even more if you had all that time to think about it. You might wuss out and just go live in the Civil War or like that John Adams miniseries or something, or I guess Greece if you were gay.)
1. Not eat that sandwich.
2. Let go of the tree sooner.
3. Avoid puking more.
I woulda gone ahead and hit the damn deer.
Sign Zac’s petition
@JS: Would have done a spit take if I had been drinking something. Instead, just made me laugh out loud. Well done.
Fold.
Actually, I guess if you paused time, there’s be no stepping; you’d be paralyzed. And time would be frozen forever. Would there still be a future, just one that would never happen? Or would the future cease to be a category.
Go back and not delete Trey’s comment to this thread (”Two chicks at the same time”). Because now Eric is yelling at me about how that’s a quote I didn’t get, which makes it funny, I guess, if you know the quote, which I didn’t.
I’d go forward in time and buy a Sports Almanac, then go back in time and place a ton of bets and open a casino with a museum about my rise to fame.
Not comment on a blog with an inconsistent policy on guidelines for commenters.
If we had a time machine (Kevin and Carol Lavin, Elizabeth’s parents)we would go back to all the wonderful memories we had of Elizabeth and Patricia growing up.We traveled together-especially memorable is our Costa Rica trip and we would go back to Costa Rica in a minute with the girls. Happy Birthday-our beautitful daughter Elizabeth.
Wow, parents of Spider Monkey, that’s the way to kill the thread!
Mom, COME ON!
If I had a time machine, I would load a few folks I don’t like into it and send them back to the land of troglodytes- never to be seen or heard from again.
Kidnap historical figures so I could pass my history report.
Go back and video the big bang as it happened so I could go back to high school and prove it to my science teacher and not get a “C-” .
1. Break-up with my ex before she could break-up with me.
2. Buy gold when it was less expensive
3. Stop myself from buying on credit
@Tim
That Office Space quote fit perfectly here……
Hey Spider Monkey!!! Sorry about Mom & Dad’s dorky comment. What can you expect it’s our parents. Gotta love them!! Anyway, about that time machine. I would go back to every Christmas. I love the fact that every year we race around getting Christmas presents last minute, the usual Christmas drama at the Lavin’s and we cannot forget something always happens w. the damn Christmas tree. It’s my favorite time of year. Happy Birthday Sis!! To all of you who work with her. She a great girl if you have not already figured that out. She is also my Maid of honor. Please take care of her. See Ya Tricia