Comments on: Phone Call to the 14th Century

By: donner

donner — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:49:58 +0000

Would the folks in the 14th Century be willing to listen and believe us? If so,

Tell them to be tolerant of religion, religious zealots and that not all women are witches to be burned at the stake or tossed in the river weighted with rocks…

Do not kill all the cats (black or otherwise) for they do a great job taking care of the rat population and that pesky black plague…

wash your hands…always

play with moldy bread and cheese…perhaps you’ll figure out how penicillin works…

By: GBladnick

GBladnick — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:15:28 +0000

I look forward to seeing you at work on Monday, Steve (Sniffbug).

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:40:13 +0000

Resistence is not futile. Oh, and try to keep junk food from making it big.

By: Sniffbug

Sniffbug — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:10:59 +0000

I would ask them to eliminate the ancestors of my arch-enemy Gary Bladnick. That way he would never be born and I would not have to share my cubicle with him.

By: Cheng-Jih Chen

Cheng-Jih Chen — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:28:25 +0000

The Cylons Were Created by
Man. They Rebelled. They Evolved. They Look and Feel Human. Some are
programmed to think they are Human. There are many copies. And they have a
Plan.

By: Terrance

Terrance — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:01:06 +0000

I’d give them info on Steam engines and electricity.

Imagine where we’d be if the industrial revolution started in the 1400’s instead of the 1800’s!!

Actually, we’d all probably be dead from the earth being a complete garbage dump :)

Yay!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:44:57 +0000

The bigger question is, What part of the 14th century?

1. Buy Da Vinci works NOW. Lots of them.

2. When you look back on it in a few hundred years, that whole Indulgences thing is really going to make you guys look pretty silly…

3. Wishful thinking and accusations of WMD’s are probably not the best way to stop the invasion of the Ottoman Turks…

4. Two Words: Flush Toilets.

Why the 14th century? The 15th century was so much more interesting!

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:43:10 +0000

I would tell them that bathing daily will lead to a longer life…also about boiling water, cooking meat ALL the way, and tolerance of others of different cultures.

By: Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:41:28 +0000

Thanks for posting this! Would you mind using this link (replace xxs with tts):
hxxp://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2006/10/its-here-kasper-hauser-comedy-podcast.html

Jesse (producer of the piece :) )

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:21:35 +0000

I wish the contestants took this seriously. I wanted to hear more.

How about harnessing the power of lightning?