# Screwing up the world with a teleporter

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screwing-up-the-world-with-a-teleporter/637644>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 13, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screwing-up-the-world-with-a-teleporter/637644 "2012-10-13T20:24:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screwing-up-the-world-with-a-teleporter/637644/61 "2012-10-16T15:14:14Z")

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Ooh, the sports angle opens up a whole new bunch of mayhem. Balls disappearing in the middle of the game. Goals being made for the opposing team. Extra balls appearing mid-play causing confusion. A player carrying a ball being transported into the middle of a different game (maybe even a different sport) on the other side of the country. Soccer balls bouncing around a football field. Basket balls flying over tennis nets. 😃

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**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 16, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screwing-up-the-world-with-a-teleporter/637644/62 "2012-10-16T22:28:35Z")

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Stampeding cattle.

Through the Vatican.  
Or…BATS!

When the Pope gets up to speak, hundreds of huge hairy bats fly out from under his Pope Suit.

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**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screwing-up-the-world-with-a-teleporter/637644/63 "2012-10-17T11:37:06Z")

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> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#):
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> Stampeding cattle.
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> Through the Vatican.  
> Or…BATS!
> 
> When the Pope gets up to speak, hundreds of huge hairy bats fly out from under his Pope Suit.

If lightning can be teleported, you can make Pope Palpatine use Force Lightning!

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