Friday, June 08, 2007

A New You

Ever get tired of the same ol' routine? School? Work? Chores? Cooking? Laundry? Traffic? Weather? Your basic human condition?

Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson) invented a machine called a 'transmogrifier'. It was actually just a large cardboard box. But he pretended it could create instant clones. Of course, he'd tell his clone to go to school so he could stay outside and play, or blame his clone for breaking a lamp, etc.

Let's say you came across this machine and read the scribbled instructions written in crayon on the side. It simply said, "Enter Here, Wait 2 Seconds, Exit. Retrieve Clone from Other Side." Not only that, but there was no limit to the number of clones you could make.

How many clones would you make? What would you make your clone(s) do? What would you do in the meantime?