[UA] 1957 time capsule secretly altered in early 1980s

[Jakob Pape]

Oh, I doubt anyone added anything in the '80s. Rather, the question is, why
did someone in 1957 have such a need to get put these things in there?

I theorise a messed-up ritual leaving the copy of The Rocket, the Playboys
and Hustlers and the self-help book warped back in time, and a couple
freaked out students wondering - if these are from the future, what happens
when they affect the world? They could cause the breakdown of the Universe,
for god's sake! We'd better get rid of them...

Obviously, destroying them makes an impact on the world too. But locking
them in the time capsule, that's a proper UA-crazy response. And of course,
Linda Ronstadt is the only person they could think of they were sure would
understand.

On 4/28/07, John Tynes <john at tynes.com> wrote:
>
> A time capsule at the University of Washington from 1957 was opened this
> week. Sometime in the early 1980s, the time capsule was somehow opened and
> new, rather peculiar items added -- soiled underwear, a copy of Playboy, and
> perhaps most intriguingly, "an unopened letter to Linda Ronstadt". Plus, the
> Nuge.
>
> Altering a time capsule seems like an attempt to alter history. Did
> someone earn a major charge for pulling this off?
>
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/313431_timecapsule27.html?source=mypi
>
> *The original 1957 capsule*
>
>    - Recordings of University of Washington Communications School
>    professors and former students.
>    - Copies of the student-run newspaper, the Daily, and photographs of
>    staff members.
>    - Radio program schedules, trade publications and Seattle
>    newspapers.
>    - Textbooks relating to media theory, copyright law and public
>    relations.
>
> *The early-1980s addition*
>
>    - A 1980 copy of The Rocket, with a cover illustration of Ted
>    Nugent.
>    - Two pairs of stained men's briefs.
>    - Copies of Playboy and Hustler magazines, and the self-help book,
>    "I'm OK, You're OK."
>    - An unopened letter to Linda Ronstadt.
>
>
> --
> John Scott Tynes
> Gracey's Mansion
> http://www.jstynes.com/gm/
>
>
>
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Jakob Pape

"Sometimes subtlety comes in the form of large explosions and jammed open
airlock doors."
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