# Nothing Good Can Come of This

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-good-can-come-of-this/535863
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 12, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-good-can-come-of-this/535863 "2010-04-12T18:33:46Z")
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### Author: ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-good-can-come-of-this/535863/21 "2010-04-14T08:17:59Z")

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> [@EvilTOJ](#):
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> It’s obviously hazardous waste from a malfunctioning fission-powered time machine. Why else would you need lead an inch thick? I imagine it’ll look just like the climactic scene from Predator when they open it.

Waste in the sense that it’s the body of the time traveler. He apparently didn’t use enough lead.

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### Author: ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2010, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-good-can-come-of-this/535863/22 "2010-04-14T08:44:41Z")

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Now I can just imagine hearing some evil cackling laughter, a mysterious timer counting down, archeologists scattering for the hills as the Geiger readings start going off the charts.

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### Author: ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2010, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-good-can-come-of-this/535863/23 "2010-04-14T09:08:11Z")

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RANCHOTH  
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“At last, the artifact is within our possession, as prophecized—the fruition of our plans is within our grasp!”

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