Comments on: Dave Davenport Has Come Unstuck in Time: September 29 – October 4, 2003

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 02:01:28 +0000

On the contrary, Shaenon. It’s very obviously Helen. Just not Helen. Naturally.

By: KromactheRave

KromactheRave — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 04:20:51 +0000

You know, at the time, this must have seemed like a terrible distopian future. Now, it seems like a great idea compared to where we’ve gone.

By: Darkstarr

Darkstarr — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 01:14:03 +0000

In reply to Ed Gedeon (eddurd).

Yes, Mell IS smokin’ hot… oh, wait, that’s the barrel of her disentigrator ray. My bad…

By: fluffy <3 (fluffy)

fluffy <3 (fluffy) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:55:26 +0000

@Ed: Why would we interpret that as a KISS filk when it would be so much better as a Wesley Willis tribute?

By: Adam Underfoot (unnatural20)

Adam Underfoot (unnatural20) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:55:25 +0000

"Most readers get as far as the Future Semiconditionally Modified Subinverted Plagak Past Subjunctive Intentional before giving up; and in fact in later editions of the book all the pages beyond this point have been left blank to save on printing costs."

By: ribbles (ribbles)

ribbles (ribbles) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:55:24 +0000

Nothing strains one's tenses like time travel, eh, Leon?

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:55:23 +0000

(TUNE: "Rock And Roll All Night", KISS)

Well, this is great, you're stuck at six ...
You watch your brother practice his kicks ...
You'd rather not, but Mom won't let you!
When all at once, you hear a "Yoo hoo!"
Familiar voice is calling, "Where are you?
How many spots can one kid get to?"

That looks like Helen!
She keeps on yellin' ...

I've some Swiss Cake Rolls today ... and Nutter Butters tonight!
I've some Swiss Cake Rolls today ... and Nutter Butters tonight!
I've some Swiss Cake Rolls today ... and Nutter Butters tonight!
I've some Swiss Cake Rolls today ... and Nutter Butters tonight ...

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:55:22 +0000

Saturday:

Davey has gotten pretty good practice at summarising his situation to himself.

What are the odds that Dave and one or both Helen Narbons (or possibly "Helens Narbon") would happen to have been in the same ballpark so long ago? Dave here thinks it suspiciously fortuitous that Helen intentionally found him with a time machine, but he will soon have to consider the suspicious fortune of him being the time traveler who accidentally finds Helen.

By: Valerie Kaplan (shinyhappygoth)

Valerie Kaplan (shinyhappygoth) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:55:21 +0000

Technically, it is Helen; just not the right one.

By: John Campbell (jcampbel)

John Campbell (jcampbel) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:55:20 +0000

Mell says only that a young, short woman couldn’t get elected President in her present’s media climate. Not only does that not preclude the possibility of a more favorable media climate at some point in her past, the 2023 that this Mell is speaking from is part of a timeline that diverged from ours by 2006 at the latest. There’s no reason to believe that the 2008 elections in the Dark Future timeline had any particular resemblance to the elections in our 2008. In fact, given the cataclysmic events of the Dark Future timeline’s 2006, it’d be more surprising if the 2008 election wasn’t radically different. It’s easy to imagine Hillary Clinton being pushed aside in the Dark Future in favor of candidates perceived as being tougher on Mad Science…