"Did you know a teleporter does not send the atoms your body is made of, only how you are put together?"
"Yeah! You are a completely new person when you arrive."
"That's why I'm not using them."
"Are you kidding? That's why I use them!"
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The problem with time travel isn't that you change the past. Do that, the future is changed, and you find yourself in the now, momentarily confused.
The problem is that for some reason to-do lists are not affected.
Why did I think I needed to "peel sacrificial potatoes"?
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"You invented an activity monitor? Sounds kind of intrusive."
"Oh, it can't report what you are doing anywhere."
"Then what is it for?"
"It recognises when you've completed an activity, and adds it to a to-do list."
"But I've already done it."
"Then you can tick the box."
"Aah!"
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"Wait," said the princess, "let's check the rules."
After a long, epic search, they finally found the Booklet of Rules.
"Well?" the knight said.
"Knight kills dragon," the dragon read, "dragon abducts princess, princess seduces knight."
"Huh."
"I'd rather not."
"Yeah."
"Agreed."
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"How did you find us? Radio?"
"Radio dissipates," the alien ambassador said, "telepathy doesn't."
"You heard our thoughts?"
"When enough of you focus on the same words, with passion, we sense it."
"So a prayer or anthem?"
"We don't know. It begins with: 'Is this the real life?'."
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