Reminds me of how “Star Trek Voyager” needed a quick way to get the lost spaceship rescued, so they had the future Captain Janeway come back in time to bring them new technology to bring them home. I was impressed with how they simply blew off the enormous contradictions of it all. But Kate Mulgrew is now on some other show, and the years have not been kind. Where is time travel when you really need it?
The best way not to gain weight is to travel into the future, eat the pie there, then return to the present where you haven’t consumed the calories yet! I’ll call it “Wait, Watchers.”
Remember when Calvin tried to get his homework from his 2-hour-later self? Hobbes got him probably his first A+ ever by chronicling the tomfoolery of it all.
He actually stole it from a different branch of the spacetime continuum so that there is no real loop, just an alternate reality where someone baked the pie and had it disappear on them.
Wibbly-wobbly, Timey-wimey. He forgot to reverse the Polarity of the Neutron flow. That way your pie is done before you even think of it. PLUS there is the Distinct Possibility of ripping the fabric of the Space-Time Contiuum bringing about the end of the Universe 1000 years earlier than predicted – But Its STILL a Darn good PIE!
This is called the Djinn effect – where information (or organized/processed matter) appears out of nowhere. It plagues some, but not all time travel theories. See “The New Time Travelers” [http://www.amazon.com/New-Time-Travelers-Journey-Frontiers/dp/0393060136/ ] for an excellent overview of current theories among physicists. For instance, in the multiverse theory, time travel creates a branch universe, and transfers matter between branches – in one branch the pie does get baked, and then gets transferred to the branch where it doesn’t.
Nobody seems to have realized that Pam does not have a time machine. In the August 31 strip Brewster almost bought a time machine until he came back in time and told himself not to buy it because he hardly ever uses it.
@pschearer — I watch “NTSF:SD:SVU” and love it! I think she’s great on it. Always thought of her primarily as a dramatic actress, but she handles the comedy pretty deftly. Yes, time does not stand still even for starship captains; look at Shatner.
margueritem over 13 years ago
I need to time travel bake!!!
Kali over 13 years ago
Next on The Two Fat Ladies, we go into the future after we’ve enjoyed this delicious lard pie…
Varnes over 13 years ago
Wouldn’t it be easier to just go to the store?
dataweaver over 13 years ago
And exactly how will the pie that you just brought back get baked?
Time loopy…
Bilan over 13 years ago
I’d rather just eat out and t.t. through that part about paying the check.
TechnoScotty over 13 years ago
It’s a cook book!
perceptor3 over 13 years ago
Does a pie from the future that was never created have any calories?
pschearer Premium Member over 13 years ago
Reminds me of how “Star Trek Voyager” needed a quick way to get the lost spaceship rescued, so they had the future Captain Janeway come back in time to bring them new technology to bring them home. I was impressed with how they simply blew off the enormous contradictions of it all. But Kate Mulgrew is now on some other show, and the years have not been kind. Where is time travel when you really need it?
alan.gurka over 13 years ago
The best way not to gain weight is to travel into the future, eat the pie there, then return to the present where you haven’t consumed the calories yet! I’ll call it “Wait, Watchers.”
GoodQuestion Premium Member over 13 years ago
Temporal LeGasse?!? – -
BAM!!! ,,,,,☻Stephen Gilberg over 13 years ago
Remember when Calvin tried to get his homework from his 2-hour-later self? Hobbes got him probably his first A+ ever by chronicling the tomfoolery of it all.
Hussell over 13 years ago
I want to go BACK in time, slap myself and say, “Don’t marry her!” (refering to my ex-wife, not present).
Digital Frog over 13 years ago
He actually stole it from a different branch of the spacetime continuum so that there is no real loop, just an alternate reality where someone baked the pie and had it disappear on them.
TheDOCTOR over 13 years ago
Wibbly-wobbly, Timey-wimey. He forgot to reverse the Polarity of the Neutron flow. That way your pie is done before you even think of it. PLUS there is the Distinct Possibility of ripping the fabric of the Space-Time Contiuum bringing about the end of the Universe 1000 years earlier than predicted – But Its STILL a Darn good PIE!
Dragoncat over 13 years ago
Followed by next month’s leftovers.
tombonh over 13 years ago
If I traveled in time two days into the future and brought doughnuts back to today, would they still be day-old bakery?
stuart over 13 years ago
This is called the Djinn effect – where information (or organized/processed matter) appears out of nowhere. It plagues some, but not all time travel theories. See “The New Time Travelers” [http://www.amazon.com/New-Time-Travelers-Journey-Frontiers/dp/0393060136/ ] for an excellent overview of current theories among physicists. For instance, in the multiverse theory, time travel creates a branch universe, and transfers matter between branches – in one branch the pie does get baked, and then gets transferred to the branch where it doesn’t.
Sherlock Watson over 13 years ago
I’m guessing that he bakes a pie after the show, just to be safe.
spunknik over 13 years ago
Another virgin of himself baked the pie from an alternate universe. You can not go forward in time in your own reality. Just saying.
rvonluchen over 13 years ago
Nobody seems to have realized that Pam does not have a time machine. In the August 31 strip Brewster almost bought a time machine until he came back in time and told himself not to buy it because he hardly ever uses it.
tsandl over 13 years ago
Darn it! Future me got a sudden case of food poisoning and neglected to refrigerate the potato salad.
mrsullenbeauty over 13 years ago
@pschearer — I watch “NTSF:SD:SVU” and love it! I think she’s great on it. Always thought of her primarily as a dramatic actress, but she handles the comedy pretty deftly. Yes, time does not stand still even for starship captains; look at Shatner.
Coyoty Premium Member over 13 years ago
It’s a pie-adox. If it’s a pear pie, then it’s a pear-adox.
If the Doctor meets himself, then it’s a pair o’ Docs.
Kali over 13 years ago
Visit the Restaurant at the End of the Universe – where you can pay before you even knew you wanted to go there.