# What souvenirs shall I bring you guys from my transdimensional raiding trip? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 14, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382 "2009-03-14T00:15:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/81 "2009-03-15T19:15:36Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > No way I’m bringing a tribble to this Earth. I LIVE here. The only reasonable course of action upon meeting a tribble vendor is to immediately kill all the tribbles he has on display, interrogate him as to the location of any other tribbles (via torture if necessary) and kill all those as well. After his entire stock has been massacred, you then kill the vendor as an example to others. You’ll bring a Gremlin egg, but not a Tribble? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/82 "2009-03-15T19:15:40Z")
> [@](#): > > No way I’m bringing a tribble to this Earth. I LIVE here. OK, how about a flatcat, then? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/83 "2009-03-16T14:18:26Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > You’ll bring a Gremlin egg, but not a Tribble? Tribbles are far more insiduous than gremlins. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/84 "2009-03-16T14:35:38Z")
Well, I have a very simple request: I want books. Specific books: _The Stone Pillow, The Sound of His Wings, Da Capo_, the novels H. Beam Piper wrote after you foiled his 1964 suicide attempt while a large contract and check was already in the mail to him, the stuff Stanley Weinbaum cranked out for five decades aver his ‘miraculous’ recovery… you know, **those** books. 🙂 Special request: _A Country Doctor, Being the Lives of Ira Johnson, M.D. Capt., U.S.A. (Rtd.), of Thebes, MO and Boondock, Tert._ ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/85 "2009-03-16T14:57:50Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Well, I have a very simple request: I want books. Great idea! While you’re at it Skald, could you please find a 'verse where George RR Martin isn’t such a procrastinator and pick up the rest of 'Fire and Ice? Thanks ever so much! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/86 "2009-03-16T16:35:36Z")
First request for the full five-season run of _Firefly_? You people are slipping… ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/87 "2009-03-16T16:44:28Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > First request for the full five-season run of _Firefly_? You people are slipping… Nah. As I told everybody after the last cross-time adventure, _Firefly_ jumped the shark after season three, when they moved to HBG. Kaylee & Simon breaking up as did Inara and Malcolm, so that the ladies in question could become apprentice Companions under Inara. I mean, the last season is basically just porn. Summer Glau’s wardrobe budget must have been, like, a dollar, given that when she was wearing anything at all it was only 2-inch-square pats of masking tape to cover her nipples. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/88 "2009-03-16T17:02:07Z")
I would ask for the palantiri but, with the internet and all, they seem a bit useless. I’ll take the three rings though. Or at the very least, Nenya. Acutally, the wind made Sunday very miserable here, let’s make sure I get that one too. You can keep Gandalf’s ring for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/89 "2009-03-16T17:11:02Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > I would ask for the palantiri but, with the internet and all, they seem a bit useless. > > I’ll take the three rings though. Or at the very least, Nenya. Acutally, the wind made Sunday very miserable here, let’s make sure I get that one too. You can keep Gandalf’s ring for yourself. :: tossing you all three of the Elven Rings :: These were the very easiest items to acquire, as they no longer do anything, even in their own universe, what with the One being out of commission. Galadriel gave me hers in exchange for a Papa John’s pizza. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/90 "2009-03-16T17:28:02Z")
And … my snow globe? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/91 "2009-03-16T17:32:32Z")
Ooh, how about a Legion flight ring? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/92 "2009-03-16T17:39:12Z")
Another Babelfish, that would be a neat thing to have here, especially if this whole global economy thing starts to fly. And some historical Hot Chicks: Mary Magdalene, Helen of Troy… ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/93 "2009-03-16T18:24:38Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Nah. As I told everybody after the last cross-time adventure, _Firefly_ jumped the shark after season three, when they moved to HBG. Kaylee & Simon breaking up as did Inara and Malcolm, so that the ladies in question could become apprentice Companions under Inara. I mean, the last season is basically just porn. Summer Glau’s wardrobe budget must have been, like, a dollar, given that when she was wearing anything at all it was only 2-inch-square pats of masking tape to cover her nipples. At least they were wearing more than Yo/Saf/Bridge… My wishes are modest–just a DVD of _Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League_. Plus any of the other sequels you might obtain–especially the time-traveling crossover with _Briscoe County, Jr_. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/94 "2009-03-16T18:27:05Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Great idea! While you’re at it Skald, could you please find a 'verse where George RR Martin isn’t such a procrastinator and pick up the rest of 'Fire and Ice? Thanks ever so much! Ooh, me too! If live tribbles are out, can I get a tribble steak with that special garlic wine sauce? I hear it’s delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/95 "2009-03-16T18:58:26Z")
An outfit of unstable molecules. Screw Laundry! (Any superpowers will just be a bonus). Captain Jack’s compass. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/96 "2009-03-16T20:11:18Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > :: tossing you all three of the Elven Rings :: > > These were the very easiest items to acquire, as they no longer do anything, even in their own universe, what with the One being out of commission. Galadriel gave me hers in exchange for a Papa John’s pizza. Were you unable to save the One Ring in time? I thought you were going to try and recover it for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/97 "2009-03-16T20:25:02Z")
1. Dora or any of her relations (Minerva, Athene). I really want a sentient computer; 2. Pixel ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/98 "2009-03-16T21:01:30Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Were you unable to save the One Ring in time? I thought you were going to try and recover it for yourself. Yeah, but just as a keepsake. Taking it out of its home universe is the same as destroying it, from Sauron’s POV. Actually worse. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/99 "2009-03-16T21:05:00Z")
> [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](#): > > 1. Dora or any of her relations (Minerva, Athene). I really want a sentient computer; > 2. Pixel None of those will fit in the backpack; Dora’s body is a spaceship, and both Minerva and Athena are really, really big. And how am I supposed to CONTAIN Pixel? He passes through barriers (both space-time and ordinary) the way everybody else crosses through air. The only way to get Pixel to stay with you is to (a) kill him (which I most certainly will not even contemplate) or (b) make him love you more than he loves Maureen. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/100 "2009-03-16T22:09:29Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Yeah, but just as a keepsake. Taking it out of its home universe is the same as destroying it, from Sauron’s POV. Actually worse. Yeah but if we can get it working, we’ll be able to take over the world. Whaddya say? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382.md?page=6)