Strange Brew by John Deering for May 16, 2010

The pay phone -A relic from a long-dead civilization.

At least check the coin return.

Is that the Guardian of Forever?

It’s an updated version of the Tardis.

2097? I thought in 2001 they found an obelisk, whatever that symbolized.

Grog asked,

“Is that the Guardian of Forever?”

Looks more like Arches National Park …

Lewreader said,

“2097? I thought in 2001 they found an obelisk, whatever that symbolized.”

No, the Washington Monument is in the shape of an obelisk. The monolith from 2001 was a big black rectangular prism with proportions (according to the book) of 1:4:9 …

I don’t get this at all. A phone booth is not a sign of an advanced civilization?

Who ya gonna call?

“We need to find a pay phone, and hope that Ross Perot’s 800-number is still workin’….”

The monoliths represented either catalysts for expanding human existensial knowledge, or markers that humankind had achieved same. Phone booths are getting pretty rare, what with them new-fangled cell phones and all.

In fact, I think the last person I saw using a phone booth was Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in “Wall Street”. He was carrying it around and would hold it up to his ear. Had a big antenna on it that would make a ham radio operator proud . No, wait- that was a cell phone, circa 1991…

If it works, that would definitely be a sign of an advanced civilization. The fact that the ones on Earth were constantly vandalized helped usher in the cell phone.

It’s a symbol of our civilization, which many do not consider intelligent.

When ET phoned home, this was the phone that the call went to.

It means that there is no cell coverage there…

For those of you that don’t know, ‘the the Guardian of Forever’ was a time portal in one of the original Star Trek episodes.