15 Minutes from Everywhere! - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Redlemon · 09-21-2005, 07:28 AM

This morning I heard a radio advertisement for a car dealer; they claim that they are "15 minutes from everywhere". I can't decide if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

On the good side, this is a great shortcut. Theoretically, I could get anywhere in the world in a half-hour; I just drive 15 minutes to reach the car dealer, then 15 minutes to wherever I need to go.

On the bad side, it could be a form of Zeno’s Paradox. I'm always 15 minutes from the dealer, and I can't get any closer.

Sticky · 09-21-2005, 07:56 AM

Or maybe the car dealer is just in all of our mids and it takes but 15min to relax and concentrate in order to visit them there.

Charlatan · 09-21-2005, 08:37 AM

Sadly, I think it will have to be heapin' helping of Zeno's Paradox for me... I just drove for 15 and I didn't see the dealership.

uncle phil · 09-21-2005, 03:05 PM

is the car dealer famous?

Redlemon · 09-22-2005, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by uncle phil

is the car dealer famous?

I wasn't paying close enough attention to even remember what brand of cars they sell.

Liquor Dealer · 10-03-2005, 05:05 AM

Then how are ya' gonna' know when you get there if you're in the right place?

Redlemon · 10-03-2005, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Liquor Dealer

Then how are ya' gonna' know when you get there if you're in the right place?

Well, first I need to establish if I can reach it at all, then I'll bother to figure out where it is.

JumpinJesus · 10-03-2005, 08:52 AM

I'm going with Zeno's Paradox. Since they're 15 minutes from everywhere, no matter where you are, you're still 15 minutes away. Even if you're only standing across the street.

Apparently, these guys don't want to sell any cars.

Ganggreen · 10-03-2005, 03:06 PM

Ulysses Everett McGill: "Well isn't this place a geographic oddity. Two weeks from everywhere!"

sorry..couldn't resist. read your thread and made me think immediately of "Oh Brother, where for art thou?"

uncle phil · 10-05-2005, 03:07 PM

like the lady said, there's no there there...

09-21-2005, 07:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	15 Minutes from Everywhere! This morning I heard a radio advertisement for a car dealer; they claim that they are "15 minutes from everywhere". I can't decide if this is a good thing or a bad thing. On the good side, this is a great shortcut. Theoretically, I could get anywhere in the world in a half-hour; I just drive 15 minutes to reach the car dealer, then 15 minutes to wherever I need to go. On the bad side, it could be a form of Zeno’s Paradox. I'm always 15 minutes from the dealer, and I can't get any closer. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

09-21-2005, 08:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Sadly, I think it will have to be heapin' helping of Zeno's Paradox for me... I just drove for 15 and I didn't see the dealership. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

09-21-2005, 03:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	is the car dealer famous? __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

10-03-2005, 05:05 AM	#6 (permalink)
Liquor Dealer Super Agitator Location: Just SW of Nowhere!!! In the good old US of A	Then how are ya' gonna' know when you get there if you're in the right place? __________________ Life isn't always a bowl of cherries, sometimes it's more like a jar of Jalapenos --- what you say or do today might burn your ass tomorrow!!!

10-03-2005, 08:52 AM	#8 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	I'm going with Zeno's Paradox. Since they're 15 minutes from everywhere, no matter where you are, you're still 15 minutes away. Even if you're only standing across the street. Apparently, these guys don't want to sell any cars. __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

09-21-2005, 07:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
Sticky	Or maybe the car dealer is just in all of our mids and it takes but 15min to relax and concentrate in order to visit them there. __________________ Sticky The Stickman

10-03-2005, 03:06 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ganggreen Tilted	Ulysses Everett McGill: "Well isn't this place a geographic oddity. Two weeks from everywhere!" sorry..couldn't resist. read your thread and made me think immediately of "Oh Brother, where for art thou?" Last edited by Ganggreen; 10-03-2005 at 03:12 PM..

10-05-2005, 03:07 PM	#10 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	like the lady said, there's no there there... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.