With the unearthing of Concord’s time capsule last Friday, which will be opened on June 7, 2015 after being sealed for 50 years, we got to thinking about what we would put in a box to be opened 50 years from now.
∎ One of Justin Bieber’s many mug shots.
∎ Twinkies (just to see if they actually last.)
∎ The NHIAA’s Alosa files.
∎ Fox’s X Files, the complete DVD collection.
∎ A smaller time capsule to be opened in 51 years. Contents to consist of all miniature things.
∎ This edition of the Insider. Just think how cool it will be for all those future people to see what a Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper looked like (don’t snicker, we’ve got a half century to make this happen.)
∎ A full Dos Amigos punch card. We wanted to give someone a free burrito, and we figured this was probably safer than just burying one for five decades.
∎ Some cute cat pictures. That way people can remember what it was like before kitties achieved unassailable political power.
∎ An iPhone, as an example of primitive technology. And so aging Apple fanboys have one more reason to rejoice.
∎ The lede. (What, it’s the only scenario where we’d actually be encouraged to bury it).
