# Can you stick a gun inside a dog and send it back through the Terminator time machine **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 30, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-stick-a-gun-inside-a-dog-and-send-it-back-through-the-terminator-time-machine/548601 "2010-07-30T17:34:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-stick-a-gun-inside-a-dog-and-send-it-back-through-the-terminator-time-machine/548601/21 "2010-08-01T14:41:44Z")
The OP forgot to add: “Need answer fast!” ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-stick-a-gun-inside-a-dog-and-send-it-back-through-the-terminator-time-machine/548601/22 "2010-08-01T15:02:12Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > The OP forgot to add: “Need answer fast!” You never need an answer fast when you have a time machine. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-stick-a-gun-inside-a-dog-and-send-it-back-through-the-terminator-time-machine/548601/23 "2010-08-01T15:23:04Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Wait. You have to cover something in a live thing to send it back in time? Why? Them’s the rules. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-stick-a-gun-inside-a-dog-and-send-it-back-through-the-terminator-time-machine/548601/24 "2010-08-01T15:27:25Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > > [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > > > The OP forgot to add: “Need answer fast!” > > You never need an answer fast when you have a time machine. You’d think so, [but apparently not.](http://www.cracked.com/article_16625_8-classic-movies-that-got-away-with-gaping-plot-holes.html) (see #5) ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-stick-a-gun-inside-a-dog-and-send-it-back-through-the-terminator-time-machine/548601/25 "2010-08-01T16:00:10Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > It’s not internally (ha!) consistent. However, as far as they’ve told us, yes. You should be able to send back anything as long as it’s covered in a live thing. > > Why the T-1000 arrived naked, however, I have no idea. So the ladies could take a gander at some sweet, sweet, Schwarzenegger beefcake. Is it just me, or are we starting to get more and more bizarre and pointless OPs? I am starting to think we have some posters who are just bots stringing together random questions. On that note: If the moon was made of Roquefort cheese, could it be destroyed with a nuclear bomb? How many megatons would it take? I just gotta know. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-stick-a-gun-inside-a-dog-and-send-it-back-through-the-terminator-time-machine/548601/26 "2010-08-01T19:29:14Z")
No, no, Arnold was an exoskeleton with a skin covering. He would have been naked. Whatshisface the T-1000 is liquid metal. His clothes are him. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-stick-a-gun-inside-a-dog-and-send-it-back-through-the-terminator-time-machine/548601/27 "2010-08-01T20:21:35Z")
In one of the Terminator comics from Dark Horse, a Terminator is sent back in time with a couple of humans. After they all arrive, the Terminator tears the humans apart to extract futuristic weapons. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-stick-a-gun-inside-a-dog-and-send-it-back-through-the-terminator-time-machine/548601/28 "2010-08-04T01:05:02Z")
In the first Terminator comic (before Dark Horse bought the rights) a group of Terminators sew a pistol into a live human’s stomach so they can bring a weapon back with them. In one scene in Robocop Vs Terminator, Robo simply uses a huge pile of vat grown meat and skin to cover a large weapon he wants to send back. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-stick-a-gun-inside-a-dog-and-send-it-back-through-the-terminator-time-machine/548601/29 "2010-08-04T15:12:35Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Outside a dog, a gun is a man’s best friend. > > Inside a dog, it’s too dark to shoot. _grumbles_ rassmfrassm Dopers always posting my thoughts before me! _stomps off_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-stick-a-gun-inside-a-dog-and-send-it-back-through-the-terminator-time-machine/548601.md?page=1)