# Name this time traveller

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 7, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678 "2006-08-07T13:35:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/41 "2006-08-08T03:35:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor]  
Rufus is with Kim & Ron.  
Leave him out of it.  
[/QUOTE]

Great…now I have a naked George Carlin stuck in my head. I’m going to go put it in the oven (my head, that is)…

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**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/42 "2006-08-08T03:38:18Z")

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[QUOTE=jayjay]  
Great…now I have a naked George Carlin stuck in my head. I’m going to go put it in the oven (my head, that is)…  
[/QUOTE]

Set it at 350 and bake it at 20 minutes per pound…

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**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/43 "2006-08-08T03:44:42Z")

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^^^Surely, you’re kidding!

Sir Rhosis

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/44 "2006-08-08T03:50:06Z")

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[QUOTE=Sir Rhosis]  
^^^Surely, you’re kidding!

Sir Rhosis  
[/QUOTE]

Don’t call me Shirley!

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**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/45 "2006-08-08T06:27:03Z")

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Well, let’s see…

A doctor. Time travel. Phone booth.

Must be Superman!

No wait, HE travels in time, not the phone booth. Dang.

(Leaving the hook out about him being a doctor…'cause he is…)

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/46 "2006-08-08T06:31:39Z")

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[QUOTE=LiveOnAPlane]  
(Leaving the hook out about him being a doctor…'cause he is…)  
[/QUOTE]  
Yes.

And Batman’s a scientist.

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/47 "2006-08-08T06:45:32Z")

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[QUOTE=JThunder]  
What?  
[/QUOTE]

What ain’t no country I ever heard of! They speak English in What?

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**Author:** ![Cherry\_Garcia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@Cherry\_Garcia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry_Garcia)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/48 "2006-08-08T07:23:03Z")

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Another guy gets up and hits a long fly ball to Because. Why? I don’t know! He’s on third and I don’t give a darn!

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**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/49 "2006-08-08T07:46:10Z")

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I am Spartacus.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/50 "2006-08-08T08:29:39Z")

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[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]  
Yes.

And Batman’s a scientist.  
[/QUOTE]

If he’s prepared.

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**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/51 "2006-08-08T08:30:06Z")

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[QUOTE=cerberus]  
I am Spartacus.  
[/QUOTE]  
And so is my wife.

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**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/52 "2006-08-08T08:34:37Z")

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Your wife not Spartacus. Him Doctor, you patient, me Mr. Bertenshaw.

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**Author:** ![Cherry\_Garcia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@Cherry\_Garcia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry_Garcia)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/53 "2006-08-08T09:32:26Z")

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Sixty-nine, Dudes!!!

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/54 "2006-08-08T13:28:38Z")

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You see, “Alice’s Restaurant” isn’t the name of the restaurant, it’s just the name of the song . . . and that’s why I call the song “Alice’s Restaurant.”

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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/55 "2006-08-08T13:35:07Z")

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[QUOTE=Cherry Garcia]  
Another guy gets up and hits a long fly ball to Because. Why? I don’t know! He’s on third and I don’t give a darn!  
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Huh? Who’s on third?

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**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/56 "2006-08-08T13:48:29Z")

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[QUOTE=NDP]  
What ain’t no country I ever heard of! They speak English in What?  
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Say \*what \*again. I dare you. I double dare you.

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/57 "2006-08-08T13:54:56Z")

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[QUOTE=JThunder]  
Huh? Who’s on third?  
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No, Who’s the doctor that uses the freakin’ police callbox for a time machine!

Some of the answers in this thread are positively ansible!

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/58 "2006-08-08T16:07:41Z")

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[QUOTE=cerberus]  
I am Spartacus.  
[/QUOTE]

No! I am Spartacus

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/59 "2006-08-08T16:09:28Z")

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[QUOTE=supervenusfreak]  
Set it at 350 and bake it at 20 minutes per pound…  
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Allow to cool for 5 mins before carving :eek:

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/60 "2006-08-08T17:28:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Cherry Garcia]  
Another guy gets up and hits a long fly ball to Because. Why? I don’t know! He’s on third and I don’t give a darn!  
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That’s our shortstop.

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