# What is this crazy magic? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-crazy-magic/846890 "2020-01-24T09:07:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-crazy-magic/846890/41 "2020-01-26T04:44:50Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Fun fact: Thailand is 17 hours ahead of Hawaii. And traveling time from Bangkok to Honolulu including time on the ground changing planes in Japan or Taiwan is routinely about 17 hours. So you land in Hawaii after all that traveling at about the same time and day (you cross the international date line) as when you left. Or maybe about 20 minutes later, making it a 20-minute trip. > [@Atamasama](#): > > It reminds me of when I flew to Boise once for business (I live in the Seattle area) on a little puddle jumper plane. The flight back home took less than an hour, so my arrival time was earlier than my departure time. > > Imagine if I flew home just after midnight, I could have arrived the previous **day**. Similarly, in Indonesia, flying from Denpasar on Bali to Yogyakarta on Java is a one-hour flight, and the time-zone boundary falls right between the two islands, so you land at the same time you left. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-crazy-magic/846890/42 "2020-01-26T09:48:36Z")
That reminds me of the time I embarked on scenic tour of New Jersey from Cleveland on a Friday the 13th leap year. Well, mid-flight the United pilot decided to hot dog in his Boeing 737 and exceeded the speed of light. Then, he did a loop-de-loop and a barrel roll. Long story short, when I returned home, my kids were older than me, my parents were younger than me and my cat turned into a dog. I’m not sure if the effect resulted from the FTL travel, or New Jersey’s toxic chemicals. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-crazy-magic/846890/43 "2020-01-26T15:51:55Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Being in a time warp was tiring. I slept REALLY late. > I feel like I missed something. K? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-crazy-magic/846890/44 "2020-02-02T20:29:53Z")
Hey, I don’t remember posting that. It seems I’m posting in the future again. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-crazy-magic/846890/45 "2020-02-02T21:11:36Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Hey, I don’t remember posting that. > > It seems I’m posting in the future again. :smack: For G-d’s sake, remember some stock prices this time! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-crazy-magic/846890/46 "2020-02-02T22:56:02Z")
_It’s astounding Time is fleeting Madness takes its toll But listen closely… (Not for very much longer) I’ve got to keep control_ ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-crazy-magic/846890/47 "2020-02-03T02:34:34Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > _It’s astounding > Time is fleeting > Madness takes its toll > But listen closely… > (Not for very much longer) > I’ve got to keep control_ The problem is that she doesn’t remember doing the Time Warp. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-crazy-magic/846890/48 "2020-02-03T12:14:54Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > For G-d’s sake, remember some stock prices this time! OK! $120.87. $15.47 and $551.33. Happy now? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-crazy-magic/846890/49 "2020-02-03T15:12:29Z")
Like the old Gary Owens bit: “I have a partial basketball score for you. LA Lakers, 30.” ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-crazy-magic/846890/50 "2020-02-03T20:29:50Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Hey, I don’t remember posting that. > > It seems I’m posting in the future again. :smack: Back in the 80’s there was a parody of _Cosmopolitan_. “Ralph Nader” wrote a bitter article about misleading matters in print (or some such… hard to remember all these years later) and then observed in shock that he didn’t remember “writing this article” and asked in bewilderment what de heck was going on here… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-crazy-magic/846890/51 "2020-02-03T23:44:58Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > For G-d’s sake, remember some stock prices this time! Sorry, **Carni** \* no stock quotes. Those numbers just fly by too fast. (;)) (Nickname\*) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-crazy-magic/846890/52 "2020-02-04T02:18:28Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Sorry, **Carni** \* no stock quotes. Those numbers just fly by too fast. (;)) > (Nickname\*) Perhaps you should read _The Time Traveler’s Wife._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-crazy-magic/846890.md?page=2)