# Damn, I must've slipped into a parallel universe... again! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-i-mustve-slipped-into-a-parallel-universe-again/496395 "2009-05-14T10:31:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-i-mustve-slipped-into-a-parallel-universe-again/496395/41 "2009-05-19T18:56:06Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > I just check the color of the frogships. Ditto. Still gun-metal green. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-i-mustve-slipped-into-a-parallel-universe-again/496395/42 "2009-05-19T19:03:39Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > Actually your particular universe is quite small, not infinite as you have been led to believe. We sometimes tear down areas after you have left and use the materials to construct the next place you are going. > > On the day of the doorbell incident you were not expected at your girlfriends place and we had to hastily throw the thing together. One of the new guys put the damn doorbell in the wrong spot. He has been reprimanded by the foreman (your ‘girlfriend’). > > You should get used to the new location in short order. We are sorry for the inconvenience. > > Management. So, who do I slip a tenner to fix the broken foglight on my car when you next reassemble it? I promise I’ll act as if I hadn’t noticed anything. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-i-mustve-slipped-into-a-parallel-universe-again/496395/43 "2009-05-19T19:06:35Z")
It could be a tumor. ---
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-i-mustve-slipped-into-a-parallel-universe-again/496395/44 "2009-05-19T22:26:20Z")
It’s nudda toomurr ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-i-mustve-slipped-into-a-parallel-universe-again/496395/45 "2009-05-20T04:01:58Z")
I went on an Alaska cruise last week, during which I read Heinlein’s “Job: a Comedy of Justice” (one of his best!). Two days after my return I was in a car with my sister in law, a Catholic nun visiting from the the Philippines. The conversation somehow turned to the number of stars on the US flag. I said there are 50, but she was dead certain the number was 54. She was even willing to _bet_ on it (_a Catholic nun!)_ I was having some doubts about reality until I consulted Wikipedia. Of course another shift may have happened during the intervening time. This volitional hopes the gods never take a serious interest in him. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-i-mustve-slipped-into-a-parallel-universe-again/496395/46 "2009-05-20T19:57:14Z")
I had a false memory of meeting my daughter’s boyfriend. Turns out he didn’t come with her however many years ago that visit was. I’ve just been reading about him in her letters and seeing pictures of him for ten years. On the other hand, she doesn’t remember that trip and says she hasn’t been here since she was 15. I have pictures of the visit but there’s no date on the prints like they used to do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-i-mustve-slipped-into-a-parallel-universe-again/496395.md?page=2)