Uncertainty principle! cries Spinoza. What's this uncertainty principle?
David thinks he knows.
I know, he says. It's says if you know how fast something's going, you don't know where it is.
Nonsense, says Spinoza.
(and we really must agree; this surely only applies to quantum particles).
No, it's about a cat in a box, says Vello. There's poison in the box. It might have killed the cat. But you can't see inside the box so you don't know if it has. According to quantum mechanics the cat is both alive and dead at the same time. A lovely paradox!
Ageless is outraged. As you would be if you had to travel in a picnic basket.
I should think the cat would know! shouts Ageless.
So should I! says Spinoza. At least we agree on something.
The passenger behind him laughs.
...........
Arthur and Gaius have entered the Tunnel of Time.
Arthur is surprised. He sees another giant snake with glowing red eyes and white fangs suspended from the ceiling. Akurra the Rainbow Serpent from the Dreamtime.
Also rather lame.
He decides to head back out and find the Outback Tuckerbox.
Gaius on the other hand is rapt. The Tunnel of Time leads him back through fifteen million years of history. He follows Akurra the Rainbow Serpent back into the Green Time when dinosaurs roamed the earth and animals spoke and spirits were active everywhere. He does not even think that this is weird.
He sees early explorers, camels, ships, horses, bikes and cattle opening up the land. Early settlers, bullockies and wheat. The bush telegraph, trains, mining, and the pedal radio.
There are didgeridoo loudspeakers. Wonderful. Rumble rumble go the speakers.....
No, wait, that's his tummy. He decides to get a Passout and come back after lunch.
He doubles back to find the Outback Tuckerbox.
There is Arthur, looking bored, picking at some crumbs of Mars Bar Cheesecake.
What's to eat? says Gaius, looking at the menu. Drovers Dog Special. I'll have that!
No, says Arthur. I don't recommend that you have that.
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