# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 6
**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, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/101 "2009-03-16T22:11:40Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Yeah but if we can get it working, we’ll be able to take over the world. Whaddya say? I’m sure Qadgop or somebody can explain why that won’t work. The One Ring derived its puissance, ultimately, from ole Melkor. Outside of his universe, it’s just not gonna work. ---
**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, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/102 "2009-03-16T22:57:39Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > 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. OK - Petronius Arbiter then. ---
**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 17, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/103 "2009-03-17T00:51:05Z")
> [@](#): > > OK - Petronius Arbiter then. Dude, do you want **Skald** to get a face-ectomy? I’m pretty sure that I know what Pete’s response would be to some stranger coming up and trying to stuff him into a bag, and I know that it wouldn’t be fun for the stranger. ---
**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 17, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/104 "2009-03-17T00:55:10Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > :: tossing you all three of the Elven Rings :: Dammit, you’re back? I just realized that _Terminus Est_ would have looked so good over the fireplace… ---
**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 17, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/105 "2009-03-17T01:03:03Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I’m sure Qadgop or somebody can explain why that won’t work. The One Ring derived its puissance, ultimately, from ole Melkor. Outside of his universe, it’s just not gonna work. Also, the Ring wasn’t big on power-sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/106 "2009-03-17T02:41:23Z")
I’ve talked to some non-Dope friends and they’d like a Phantom Zone projector and several thousand micrograms of Thiotimoline. ---
**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 17, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/107 "2009-03-17T05:34:50Z")
OK, but they’ll have to do the resublimation themselves. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/108 "2009-03-17T05:48:40Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Also, the Ring wasn’t big on power-sharing. No it isn’t. As evidence, I’ll cite the last few posts by Skald about the subject. He’s clearly trying to put me off of the idea so he can get the ring working for himself. ☹ ---
**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 17, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382/109 "2009-03-17T14:28:30Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > No it isn’t. As evidence, I’ll cite the last few posts by Skald about the subject. He’s clearly trying to put me off of the idea so he can get the ring working for himself. ☹ Why does no one believe me when I say that I have given up super-villainy? It makes me sad. And by sad I mean ‘staby.’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382.md?page=5)