Time Travel
I'm a huge fan of time travel stories. Books, both fiction and non-fiction, short stories, movies...the whole concept is fascinating to me.
Sure, we'd all like to be able to go into the future and see what things are going to be like...or travel to the past to see if Oswald really was a lone gunman or to see just how those pyramids were built.
But, I think I've hit upon a great, practical use for time travel: Running an efficient take-out pizza joint.
So check this out. A customer comes up to the counter at 7:00pm and places an order with the cashier. The cashier transmits the customer's order (via special quantum computer) 25 minutes into the past...so that the kitchen receives the order at 6:35pm and makes the pizza, thereby having the pizza ready by 7:00pm (when the customer places the order). From the customer's standpoint, he/she receives the piping hot, made-to-order pizza immediately!
Feel free to bask in the glory of my genius.
Finally a practical use of science.
Will said...
Tue Sep 25, 12:05:00 PM EDT
But you can't tell them that that's how you're getting them the pizza, because then you'd all be kidnapped by the CIA and made to do their bidding.
Kara said...
Tue Sep 25, 01:31:00 PM EDT
Brilliant.
Have you read "The Time Traveler's Wife"? If so, grab it from the library. It's very cool.
Beej said...
Tue Sep 25, 02:52:00 PM EDT
Kara has a point!
Instead of calling it a time machine, call it the OSB (order-sender-backer). The CIA isn't that smart, they'd never figure it out. And even if they did, the President is so stupid, nothing would ever come out of the findings.
Rachel said...
Tue Sep 25, 04:21:00 PM EDT
I'm too lazy to get take-out pizza anyway.
thethinker said...
Tue Sep 25, 05:14:00 PM EDT
I think it would be a bigger hit as a sexual aid.
Sara Sue said...
Tue Sep 25, 11:45:00 PM EDT
I hope I can get a good Chicago pizza zapped to CA!
*~*Cece*~* said...
Wed Sep 26, 06:45:00 PM EDT
That is pretty freaking smart. What's that movie with Christopher Reeve (I think) and something to do with a penny and time travel? I loved that movie. Personally, I'd love to go back to the Civil War days.
Craze said...
Thu Sep 27, 03:50:00 PM EDT
That movie would be 1980's "Somewhere in Time." It co-starred current Dancing With The Stars phenom Jane Seymour.
Kevin said...
Thu Sep 27, 03:54:00 PM EDT
Ohhhh. Good idea. Totally different marketing ploy than everyone else's. Oh and finding out the numbers to the lotto ahead of time so you win bunches of moo-lah.
Lisa said...
Fri Sep 28, 03:36:00 PM EDT
nice. time travel as it relates to the food service industry. i wrote a blog a couple weeks ago about how my car comparitively sucked to the Knight Rider, Transformer cars, and you guessed it: the De Lorean...
Tequila Mockingbird said...
Mon Oct 01, 02:48:00 PM EDT
you my friend are genius.
pure genius.
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mollymcmo said...
Thu Oct 04, 09:58:00 AM EDT
You are the smartest most amazing person ever.
Samantha_K said...
Fri Oct 12, 04:28:00 PM EDT
What? Did the lice come back? Where you at, Dawg?
Sara Sue said...
Mon Oct 15, 10:02:00 AM EDT