Re: superhero theft and laundering

George W Harris <gharrus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:04:06 -0500, Michael Ash <mike@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
> 
>>Leonard Erickson <shadow@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Basically, any story involving a tele****ter (including the "time
>>> tele****ters in Poul Anderson's "There Will Be Time") gets way too mess
>>> if the clothes *don't* come along or if a chunk of the ground *does*.
>>
>>I dunno, it seems like a story with a tele****ter who can't carry 
>>*anything* that's not part of his body would be interesting, as well as 
>>more consistent.
> 
>        Yeah, but what exactly does that exclude?  Fleas?  
> Eyebrow mites?  Tapeworms?  Intestinal flora?  
> Mitochondria?  The human body is not a single unified object.

Parasites definitely shouldn't. The question of symbiotes is an 
interesting one. If the answer to that is no, how do you survive 
post-tele****t, do you need a store of poop you can eat after arrival?

Anyway, I didn't say it was a *lot* more consistent....

-- 
Michael Ash
Rogue Amoeba Software