# I emailed the Time Cube guy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771 "2006-10-17T13:59:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/1 "2006-10-17T13:59:10Z")
Just for a laugh, I thought I’d email Gene Ray, crackpot author of the TimeCube site. Here’s what I wrote: > [@](#): > > From: Mangetout > To: Gene Ray > Subj: Refutation of 4-days-per-24-hour rotation > > Hi Gene > > On your website, you claim there are four separate days per 24 hour rotation of Earth, to wit: > 1-Midday to midday = a 24 hour day rotation. > 2-Sundown to sundown = a 24 hour day rotation. > 3-Midnight to midnight = a 24 hour day rotation. > 4-Sunup to sunup = a 24 hour day rotation. > > This is easily disproven by defining any number of other 24-hour periods, such as: > -Teatime to Teatime = a 24 hour day rotation (Teatime occurs at precisely 4PM, by the way) > -Elevenses to Elevenses = a 24 hour day rotation between these important mid-morning snacks > -Breakfast to Breakfast = a 24 hour day rotation > -Brunch to Brunch = a 24 hour day rotation > > And so on; your four points - midday, sundown, midnight and sunup are no more or less arbitrary than the points I have descibed above, or indeed any other arbitrary point. > > My name is Mangetout and I claim the $10,000. Please contact me to arrange payment. What do you think will happen? My bet is an abusive reply. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/2 "2006-10-17T14:18:51Z")
You called this guy a “crackpot?” You are far too kind, my friend. I expect that the response you get will be one of visceral hate. Who the hell\* is\* this guy? Jeeezuz. I thought about emailing him too, however, Mom always told me not to make fun of the mentally retarded. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/3 "2006-10-17T14:25:12Z")
I started reading all that, but I’m clearly too stupid, so now I am off to die. ---
**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/4 "2006-10-17T14:31:22Z")
Santa debases women? :dubious: I must’ve forgotten that part of the story… ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/5 "2006-10-17T14:34:10Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] I started reading all that, but I’m clearly too stupid, so now I am off to die. [/QUOTE] There is a second page. Looks even better than the first page. ---
**Author:** ![kurilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea5d25/32.png) [@kurilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurilla)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/6 "2006-10-17T15:04:30Z")
It disturbs me that I know who the Time Cube guy is without following the link. It’s even more disturbing that I’m not the only one who does. ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/7 "2006-10-17T15:07:18Z")
[QUOTE=Dag Otto] There is a second page. Looks even better than the first page. [/QUOTE] And then at the bottom, it asks if you are Jewish!? What a valuable website! I honestly believe this guy (well, I would if I only had 2 brain cells…) Seriously…this was a little neat. I mean, it made me laugh, so it can’t be all bad. Brendon ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/8 "2006-10-17T15:08:50Z")
I think he laid out his opinion of non-believers quite clearly on page 1. > [@Nutjob Q. Whackadoodle](#): > > If ignorant of the almighty Time Cube Creation Truth, you deserve to be killed. So there you are. You can probably expect an unfriendly knock at the door shortly. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/9 "2006-10-17T15:10:11Z")
Your father was a fish. You evolved from an egg laid in water, fertilized by a sperm fish swimming upstream - just as salmon swim up stream to fertilize female egg laid in the water. Maybe, you should worship a fish god. A sperm fish? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/10 "2006-10-17T15:18:26Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] Your father was a fish. You evolved from an egg laid in water, fertilized by a sperm fish swimming upstream - just as salmon swim up stream to fertilize female egg laid in the water. Maybe, you should worship a fish god. A sperm fish? 😛 [/QUOTE] You are ignorant of the Sperm Fish? :eek: Prepare for your smiting. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/11 "2006-10-17T15:32:12Z")
[QUOTE=The Chao Goes Mu] You are ignorant of the Sperm Fish? :eek: Prepare for your smiting. [/QUOTE] Hey, hey. The Sperm Fish God is a peaceful God. He’s all about love and bumping uglies to whale music. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/12 "2006-10-17T15:44:31Z")
I was having a Dr. Bronner-esque good time until the racist stuff on page two. ---
**Author:** ![Greebo\_Ogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@Greebo\_Ogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greebo_Ogg)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/13 "2006-10-17T16:22:58Z")
woah… Brain… hurts… ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/14 "2006-10-17T16:40:39Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Just for a laugh, I thought I’d email Gene Ray, crackpot author of the TimeCube site. Here’s what I wrote: What do you think will happen? My bet is an abusive reply. [/QUOTE] Unfortunately, he’s already anticipated your objection: [QUOTE=Dr. Gene Ray, Cubist] There are 4 simultaneous days (dumb fools claim infinite days) created within a single rotation of Earth. [/QUOTE] Oh, he’s a crafty one. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/15 "2006-10-17T16:52:09Z")
Damn. Dear Dr. Gene “BatShit Crazy” Ray You could use a bit of website development. Signed, Dog-Brained Idiot ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/16 "2006-10-17T16:57:31Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] … A sperm fish? 😛 [/QUOTE] Pan fried? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/17 "2006-10-17T17:17:26Z")
[QUOTE=Duke of Rat] Damn. Dear Dr. Gene “BatShit Crazy” Ray You could use a bit of website development. Signed, Dog-Brained Idiot [/QUOTE] Yah. It’s too “plain vanilla”. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/18 "2006-10-17T17:38:10Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Yah. It’s too “plain vanilla”. [/QUOTE] Hey, I was trying to get out the door for lunch. Besides, his breed of loon doesn’t deserve a thoughtful bashing. At least I don’t think so, it all just ran together so bad my ignorant dog brain couldn’t follow along. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/19 "2006-10-17T18:14:13Z")
[QUOTE=that -1x-1=-1 guy] Adam and Eve were created at the same time, but sexless. A rib was removed from eve and a hole left to make a woman of her. The rib was stuck on Adam to make a man of him - and Eve is still trying to get her rib back. [/quote] It always comes down to penis envy… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771/20 "2006-10-17T18:22:46Z")
Please tell me you used an anonymous email address. Provoking the insane is not a good idea. Of course, I doubt he’s mentally competent to actually be able to get to you, so that’s a relief. "DAMMIT YOU ARE WRONG STUPID FOUR CORNEREd thinker of the land of BUTTER I will WEAR YOUR [size=3] SKULL bUt canNot CompreHEND THIS SEVEN-TONGUED BEAST that IS The TICKET DESK. The 24 hour HEGEMONY that rules THIS land prevents me." [/size] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771.md?page=2)