Lio by Mark Tatulli for September 22, 2021

Okay… why five minutes? Why not go back to late 2019 and give the first coronavirus victim the shot in order to prevent the worldwide pandemic?

Time Tunnel. Not a bad show, but awful effects.

I used my time machine to go back five nanoseconds. The two of us tried to occupy the same space at the same time and destroyed the entire universe.

Then I waited seven trillion years for the next Big Bang, then another 14 billion years for today’s “Lio”, then an hour to make this comment.

This could go on for a vey long time unless someone remembers to push STOP

Now I’m reminded of the movie “Time Chasers” (riffed by MST3K) where the guy uses a plane to go forward and back in time…

Reminds me of the Robert Heinlein short story “By His Bootstraps”. Read it at https://onlinereadfreenovel.com/robert-a-heinlein/34512-by_his_bootstraps.html

I wonder if any of us would use a time machine for something as high-minded as preventing major events like 9/11 or assassinations…or would we just give our old selves winning lottery numbers and call it a day

If “Present Lio” doesn’t get in the Time Tunnel NOW and allow “5 Minutes Ago Lio” to take his place, the paradox would unmake reality.

If I’d done that, I’d have killed each other

It works. Cool. Now what?….

A clone again, naturally.

Everybody liked that old song.

Activate the “Omega 13…”

Push him in and watch the paradox ensue.

Go back to WW I and kill corporal Hitler.

Ah yes – the proverbial time paradox of meeting yourself; never gets old (sarcasm, folks!)

Endless loop.