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05 April 2011

So a meteor is headed to Earth and will destroy our ability to live on the planet any more, and so we will all be leaving to colonize another planet. The new planet will be quite different in geography and political structures from our own. But there will be a Museum of Earth there once we get settled. You've been asked to bring five items to represent your nation and its culture to put in the museum. What are you going to bring?→[More:]Size doesn't matter...we can use magical technology to shrink things to nano level for transport and reconstitute them later.

post by: Miko at: 08:30 | 20 comments

Shrink to nano? The entire contents of the Library of Congress (Mr Moonpie very kindly gave me a tour when I was in DC). That's it.

posted by brujita 05 April | 09:41

A city bus. Surely everyone will be flying around on hoverboards or something, I want the children to see how we got around.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 05 April | 09:52

The Fighting Temeraire.

An AEC Routemaster bus.

The Three Graces.

An Am I not a man and a brother? medallion.

The Unknown Soldier.

posted by TheophileEscargot 05 April | 10:18

A flag from the family of a Marine killed in action.
Chuck Berry's Gibson ES-335 electric guitar with a Fender Bassman amp.
A home theater showing a double feature of any Road Runner cartoon, "Shrek" and "Being John Malkovich".
A Shelby Mustang.
A John Deere tractor in classic John Deere green.

posted by Ardiril 05 April | 10:44

Great answers so far. I thought this would be fun and it is!

posted by Miko 05 April | 11:05

A bottle of Coca-Cola, a television, a pair of blue jeans, a handgun, and a pack of cigarettes.

posted by BitterOldPunk 05 April | 11:06

Plates.
Lots of beans.

posted by Thorzdad 05 April | 11:26

tiki
an all-blacks shirt
a picture of the Rainbow Warrior
a koru
and a bottle of Speights!

posted by gaspode 05 April | 11:32

1. Copies of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence.

2. Photos of our natural wonders (Grand Canyon, Mount Rainier, etc.)

3. A working cell phone or Ipad (unsure how I'll pull that off.)

4. Dollars.

5. Sports regalia.

posted by bearwife 05 April | 11:53

A pizza.

posted by JanetLand 05 April | 12:17

hmm. I don't really feel all that connected to anyone one nation so I'm gonna cheat!

1. I'd get Macbeth (England), in some text form
2. Nas' Illmatic (USA), in some audio form
3. A portion of of the oldest organism (well, more like a tree not a fungus)
4. A chronological series of the evolutionary fossils related to us at least back to the Neanderthals
5. Some sculpture to do with romantic passion and sensuality, I don't know which that would be though

posted by Firas 05 April | 12:28

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We're on the way to collect you! Hurry up and decide, all! And could someone bring along 'Nighthawks' and a copy of 'Of Mice and Men', please ? Thank you!

posted by Kronos_to_Earth 05 April | 13:25

Music and musical instruments! (I know, that's not five.)

posted by Specklet 05 April | 14:23

an Ipad
a guitar
Oprah
a gun
a cup of coffee

posted by toastedbeagle 05 April | 16:09

This is hard.

1. handmade quilt
2. pottery -- something American like Bauer or McCoy
3. early American furniture
4. a pickup truck
5. cowboy boots

posted by LoriFLA 05 April | 16:52

1. Ansel Adams photographs
2. Salt water taffy
3. The records from Ellis Island
4. Speaking of records; the entire collection of any/all Music Hall of Fames.
5. The Metropolitan Museum of Art

posted by redvixen 05 April | 18:33

So many good ideas! Mine are a mix of US and Canada:

1. Jukebox
2. A pair of Mickey Mouse ears
3. Bowl of poutine
4. A mannequin decked out in hockey gear including a stick and puck
5. A mix of US and Canadian money (old and current)

posted by deborah 05 April | 18:51

Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Raleigh DL-1 Tourist
a set of strings and a change of tubes for Chuck's rig
The entire Henry Ford Museum

posted by Triode 06 April | 00:40

Paul Henderson's hockey stick.

Elijah Harper's eagle feather.

My health card.

A rock from the Hudson Bay Watershed/Precambrian Shield area.

A copy of "The snow" by Louis Riel.

"You know, my English is not fine.
I speak it; but only
Very imperfectly."

posted by arse_hat 06 April | 01:55

I'd stay on earth and face the meteor. I don't like moving.

posted by ColdChef 06 April | 10:16

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