June is Bathroom Reading Month: Giveaway #16
June 22, 2012
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Question #16:
You are in charge of filling a time capsule to be opened 500 years from now. What items (up to 10) would you put in it to tell the future about the world in 2012?
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the mayan calendar. lol
1) Smartphone
A 2012 newspaper
2) iPod
3) Nasally-administered vaccine
4) Blu-Ray Player
5) An eReader
6) Memory foam
7) A picture of Osama bin Laden with a big red X over it
9) Medical marijuana
10) An LGBT Pride flag
Uncle John’s All-Purpose Extra-Strength Bathroom Reader (2000)
Uncle John’s Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader (2001)
Uncle John’s Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Reader (2002)
Uncle John’s Unstoppable Bathroom Reader (2003)
Uncle John’s Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader (2004)
Uncle John’s Fast-Acting Long-Lasting Bathroom Reader (2005)
Uncle John’s Curiously Compelling Bathroom Reader (2006)
Uncle John’s Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader (2007)
Uncle John’s Unsinkable Bathroom Reader (2008)
Uncle John’s Endlessly Engrossing Bathroom Reader (2009)
Uncle John’s Heavy Duty Bathroom Reader (2010)
Uncle John’s 24-Karat Gold Bathroom Reader (2011)
A soil sample, a newspaper, a couple of first ed. best-seller books from that year, aaaand hmm…a variety of seeds
1.) CANDY
2.) MODERN DAY POOP
3.) THIS LIST
4.) A PICTURE OF ME
5.) A BETTER PICTURE OF ME
6.) MY IPAD
7.) GATORAID
8.) THE MOVIE 2012 (SO THEY THINK THAT IT WAS REAL)
9.) UNCLE JOHNS BATHROOM READER, 4-PLY
10.) MY UNCLE JOHN
hmm….
1. iPhone (or some similar technology)
2. The New York Times (or other newspapers)
3. Political propaganda (from the 2012 presidential election etc.)
4. McDonald’s wrappers (or other wrappers and things from giant companies)
5. Paper money (from different places around the world)
6. Holy books (even though I am an atheist and might not want them in there lol)
7. Pictures of people (from around the world)
8. Global warming propaganda (or other similar issues)
9. iPod (with a wide range of the music we listen too now days)
10. Information about the “end of the world” (or maybe about the Olympics.. or maybe the information about the Olympics can be in the newspapers I put in!)
A cd
A library book
A pic of the post office. I think these first three items will be extinct soon.
A newspaper with some of the Occupy where ever protests
A Twinkie – just for giggles
A first generation iPad
A compilation of Real Housewives shows
A bottle of Poo-Pourri
thats all I can come up with
The copies of the top ten Bathroom Readers. Everything the world needs to know can be found there!
1) Laptop computer
a copy of Uncle Johns Bathroom reader
2) an MP3 player
3) a smartphone
4) a Kindle or Ipad
5) a digital camera
6) a copy of TIME magazine from the week of burial
7) a 3DS
9) an aluminum can
10) a car key.
I only focus on the ‘technology’ things because that is the highlight of our time period. Anything from our time is considered an artifact and would easily be a wonderful thing for someone to find in 500 years. When I teach about culture, I discuss all of the popular technology from the last 80 years and I think it would be awesome if I could do it for 500 years ago.
1) Envelope of newspaper clippings with a range of world affairs being reported, both good & bad.
Handwritten letter to be opened & read detailing life & times during our era.
2) List of endangered species both plants & animals.
3) Latest cell phone model or similar technogy.
4) List of top medical issues & current treatments (i.e. cancer, heart disease, diabetes)
5) Samples of soil, air & water.
6) Copies of NY Times bestsellers of 2012.
7) Copies of #1 songs & movies of 2012 from all genres.
9) Photographs of national & world monuments/landmarks.
10) Samples of paper & coin currencies of each country & a list of exchange rates.
Not sure if people will be dumber in the future or way advanced. maybe both so this is what i got.
1. Pez Dispenser (with no instructions)
2. My keyboard full of cat hair. (Did cats type back then they would wonder)
3. Audio clip of women audience members screeching like banshees on “American Idol” or “so you think you can dance.”
4. Photo of our Youth (kids walking in large groups, each texting and in shorts in the middle of winter.)
5. My Uncle Johns Word Search Puzzle book . (completed)
6. Justin Beiber lyric sheets.
7. An old Montreal Expos hat. (See how long til they are like “oh wait, its an M on the cap not a J and an L”)
8. Those novelty gross flavored Jelly Beans.
9. “Human Centipede” on Blue Ray
10. Map of the USA which may be valuable cause it shows California before it sank.
More than items, I think people would be able to better communicate life in 2012 to people alive in 2512. Therefore, I would make the time capsule a cryogenic freezer and include:
1. Justin Bieber
2. Ken Jennings (they need someone really smart to balance out most of the rest of this list)
3. Bill Maher (because at least that’d get him out of OUR lives; he can try to screw up a different generation)
4. Brian Regan (so they could get a glimpse of good humor from the past)
5. LeBron James
6. Albert Pujols
7. Tom Brady (these three would give an idea of what our athletes are like)
8. Bill Gates (in case there’s been a global apocalypse and someone needs to reinvent the computer)
9. Aaron Sorkin (someone’s going to have to write good television)
10. Perez Hilton (mostly for the same reason as #3, but also to find out if he could make a living in a world without Beyonce and Johnny Depp)
1) iPhone (Example of Modern Everyday Use Technology)
A Years Worth of Vogue Magazine (Fashions of the day)
2) Copy of an Income Tax Return for a Couple with Dual Incomes, Two Kids, Making the Median Income (To give them an idea of the income, tax burden, and deductions of a middle class family)
3) A Complete Home Theater System with a HD DVR Containing the Top Ten Rated Network and Top 5 Cable TV Program Full Season with Ads. (They can get the programming, our ads, a way to play it, assuming they can adapt power).
4) A Brand New Honda Civic with the Window Sticker with Options and Price (Typical transportation of the day)
5) A can of Coke (What we drink)
6) A Park Map of Disneyland with Schedule of Events
7) A Kindle Fire Loaded with Every Top 10 New York Times Bestseller of the Year, top 10 Albums of the Year, and a Copy of Angry Birds
9) A McDonald’s Menu (with Prices)
10) A copy of all Supreme Court Decisions of the Year.
1. My iPad.
2. Today’s newspaper
3. A random UJBR book
4. Blu-ray full of the top 10 songs from every genre in every country
5. Blu-ray full of pictures from all over the world
6. Portable blu-ray player with attached screen, of course.
7. A bag of M&M’s
8. DNA samples from random people
9. A picture of my son
10. A Saranac Adirondack Lager
All of the Bathroom Readers…the worlds knowledge is contained in those
1. My personal journal of ideas and thoughts about the future.
2. A tightly sealed container containing only my fart.
3. A treasure map that leads them to disappointment.
4. A copy of Stephen King’s “It.”
5. Some of my pubic hair clippings (for DNA purposes).
6. A Photo of Stephen Hawking.
7. A Wham album.
8. A copy of the New Testiment with all the names/words “Jesus & Christ” changed to “Chucky & Spaceman,” respectively.
9. A pair of latex gloves.
10. The remote control to my TV.
1. A newspaper
2. An iPod
3. A polar bear
4. coins
5. A Wal-Mart catalogue (whoa! check out how little they paid for EVERYTHING!!)
6. A Car
7. A bunch of antique stuff just to confuse them
8. An Uncle Johns Bathroom Reader, even future generations need something to do on the can!
I would throw in stuff just to mess with them:
8-tracks
Record Player (sans needle)
A dorm size fridge
Pictures of a zedonk
Paintings depicting Victorian life
Monopoly money
All the “Going out of Business” flyers I could find
Recipe for the “Luther burger” (burger with donut instead of bun)
A rickshaw
and the “world of odd” bathroom reader.
1. a Canadian penny. They just stopped minting them.
2. An 8-track tape
3. An 88-rpm record from the 30s
4. A Sony Walkman (circa 1983)
5. A Twinkie (should still be fresh when the vault is opened)
6. The first 8 Bathroom Readers. (amazing how thin they were back in the beginning)
7. A 5 1/4 inch floppy disk.
8. A video of a pro hockey game filmed back when hitting was permitted.
9. A photo of Barry Bonds wearing a Pirates uniform, back when the size of his head was proportional to the rest of his body.
10. A photo of a woman with her mouth closed; although I do not know of any camera company that has produced a camera with a shutter speed fast enough to catch this rare event.
(1) a letter from myself
(2) a newspaper
(3) a Bible
(4) a TV Guide
(5) a mixed CD of today’s top 20 hit songs
(6) a dvd video of my town
(7) a current map book of the US (you know, one of those detailed road maps with a state on each page)
(8) a pair of shoes (I’m assuming human civilization would be so advanced in 500 years that they’ll have evolved beyond shoes)
(9) a Monopoly board game
(10) a picture of myself
1. A fruit cake (not that it would say much about 2012 but the person opening the capsule would have something to munch on)
2. A Shiny New Penny (they have got to be obsolete 500 years from now)
3. A small can of gasoline (I’m pretty sure nobody will know what that is in 500 years)
4. A newspaper (again… something that probably won’t exist in 500 years)
5. A book of 2012 world records (just so they have something to chuckle about)
I would put a smartphone, uncle johns book,(of course), some coins, drivers license, a note describing how things are in todays world
twinkies pink Floyd discography Yankees hat those fat neon shoe laces pop rocks ps3 and some games a picture of the number 7 Buffalo wing recipe beer lawn darts(without instructions)
my foreclosure notice and unemployment checks…… :^P
A credit card, my recipe for Mac and Cheese, and a Twinkie. oh and an apology note for the garbage we filled their history books with,
1 – various coins/paper money from around the world, primarily of small denominations (like our penny/dollar)
2 – some forms of current technologies (ie – cell phone, laptop, ipads, ipods)
3 – same as #2 but from 10 years earlier (for comparison purposes)
4 – same as #2 but from 20 yrs earlier
5 – info on out current modes of transportation (ie – autos, planes, boats/vessels, etc.)
6 – various forms of music from around the world
7 – various forms of books from around the world (must include the bathroom readers, which of course in themselves would contain vast amounts of info regarding our society)
8 – various forms of tv/film entertainment from around the world
9 – myself cryogenically frozen to potentially be able to help future mankind decipher the other included items
10 – a smart/beautiful female (to be decided before the capsule is to be sealed) cryogenically frozen to potentially be a companion/mate, just in case future mankind is either extinct or evolved beyond compatibility
5 should read – info on our current modes of etc etc (didn’t mean to type “out” – oops…
1) iPhone
Major newspaper
2) Wrapped Twinkie
3) advertisement for the Baconator (or similar over-baconed product)
4) Receipt showing the cost of beer and cigarettes
5) Nintendo 3DS
6) Kindle w/best seller books
7) TV remote
9) bottle of wine from this year
10) coins
1. A phone book.
2. A record album, DVD and a CD.
3. A set of encyclopedias.
4. A Playboy magazine.
5. A paycheck receipt.
6. A gasoline powered car.
7. Schematics for an I-phone, computer, and the power source to run them once they built them.
8. Newspaper clippings on welfare, gay marriage, pollution, war, and cancer.
9. A bottle of water.
10. A Big Gulp Cup
11. A Picture of what Elvis would look like if anyone should spot him.
1. Newspapers
2. Uncle johns bathroom reader
3. A dollar bill
4. Angry bird stuffed animal
5. Facebook info (even my grandma has a facebook)
6. Picture of the cast of the jersey shore
7. lady gaga, nicki minaj, and justin bieber so people could see how crazy women in music were
8. A laptop
9. A ipod full of music from 2012
10. A gallon of gas just in case gas in 2000 dollars a gallon
liberal, conservative, and foreign newspapers
candid photographs
ipod with all of the songs that the top 100 this year
current map of the world
1. A 2012 World Almanac
2. A camera filled with pictures of landmarks at various locales around the world.
3. Several CDs containing music from this era.
4. A moon rock.
5. A personal note explaining how I think that this world is really screwed up.
6. The 4 books from the Inheritance Cycle (Christopher Paolini).
7. A microscope.
8. An Xbox 360.
9. An Enzo Ferrari.
10. My dog.
1. iPod
2. Kindle
3. Money
4. Newspaper
5. Magazine
6. A handwritten letter
7. Photos
8. My 24 TV series DVD set
9. comic books
10. Pictures
1) iPod (preferrably Touch with most popular apps)
2) Newest computer
3) Newspaper of today
4) Nintendo 3DS
5) Kindle Fire
1)An e-reader
A copy of “TV Guide”
2)The Mayan calendar
3)Uncle John’s Indispensable guide to the year 2000
4) Current map of the world
5) A newspaper
6) An I-pod with this year’s top songs or a copy of “Billboard Top 100″
7) An issue of “The New York Times”
9) A blue-ray player
10) Copies of this years top movies on Blue-ray
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