# Time Merger: Dinosaurs! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-merger-dinosaurs/524783 "2010-01-13T14:31:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-merger-dinosaurs/524783/21 "2010-01-13T18:27:00Z")
[We could have beat them in the Civil War if they didn’t have surprise on their side, and we can beat them again.](http://io9.com/5084491/the-alternate-history-theme-park-where-dinosaurs-fought-in-the-civil-war) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-merger-dinosaurs/524783/22 "2010-01-13T18:33:57Z")
OTOH, we might be totally screwed. I’m sure Greenpeace, Peta and the rest of the bunny huggers (used in the non-Canadian sense) would demand that we save the dinosaurs. On the gripping hand, maybe Peta-people would make great T. Rex chow. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-merger-dinosaurs/524783/23 "2010-01-13T18:46:15Z")
I propose we should make peace with our reptilian brothers, join forces, put lasers on them and then conquer the galaxy. Example image: [http://www.dinoriders.com/Toys/Toys(Dinosaurs)DR.html](http://www.dinoriders.com/Toys/Toys(Dinosaurs)DR.html) ---
**Author:** ![davekhps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@davekhps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davekhps)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-merger-dinosaurs/524783/24 "2010-01-13T20:53:37Z")
I think we’d all be screwed [now that Bea Arthur is dead](http://www.brandonbird.com/bea.html). ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-merger-dinosaurs/524783/25 "2010-01-13T21:02:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Redneck paradise. No bag limits, no plug or caliber restrictions, and you can make boots and belts from the skin. > Yee-haw! I’m gonna bag me an iguanodon. Yup. A stuffed T-Rex beats the hell out of a Bambi-head. Might actually see Black Friday at Wal-Mart level chaos as people scrambled to get in line for permits in some states. I would say sensible states would just add them to the list of varmits, but with widespread budget shortfalls, they’d almost have to sell Dino licenses. That noted, I really don’t wanna have to dress a brontosaurus… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-merger-dinosaurs/524783/26 "2010-01-13T21:05:28Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > That noted, I really don’t wanna have to dress a brontosaurus… They put on their pants one leg at a time, just like the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-merger-dinosaurs/524783/27 "2010-01-14T00:16:54Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > They put on their pants one leg at a time, just like the rest of us. Hey, speak for yourself, buddy. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-merger-dinosaurs/524783/28 "2010-01-14T01:11:51Z")
Mmmmm… BrontoJerky.\* \*I know, I know, it’s actually an Apatosaurus, but ApatoJerky just doesn’t have the same ring to it. And besides, those guys were Jurassic. Scott doesn’t _do_ Jurassic. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-merger-dinosaurs/524783/29 "2010-01-14T01:28:59Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [We could have beat them in the Civil War if they didn’t have surprise on their side, and we can beat them again.](http://io9.com/5084491/the-alternate-history-theme-park-where-dinosaurs-fought-in-the-civil-war) If I’d seen that when I was ten years old it would have been the most awesome thing in the (fake) history of the world. I would not have stopped talking about it for years. “Hey! You got Civil War in my Dinosaurs! Well, you got Dinosaurs in my Civil War! Mmmmmmmmm…” ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-merger-dinosaurs/524783/30 "2010-01-14T04:18:17Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > I propose we should make peace with our reptilian brothers, join forces, put lasers on them and then conquer the galaxy. > > Example image: > [http://www.dinoriders.com/Toys/Toys(Dinosaurs)DR.html](http://www.dinoriders.com/Toys/Toys(Dinosaurs)DR.html) HAHA!!! Totally forgot about Dinoriders! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-merger-dinosaurs/524783.md?page=1)