Lecture
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Brick Joke: O'Hara's usual response to Peter's confusion over the mechanics of time travel is to ask him if he wants a two-hour lecture on quantum theory.
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Lore has it that Steve Jobs claimed to have done just this in 1983 when Knuth was invited to give a lecture to the Mac team; Knuth's response was something like "I seriously doubt that."
Source: Doorstopper - Rau's response is to lecture her that attacking the one person with any interest in keeping her safe is ridiculous, especially when the gun's not even loaded in the first place.
Source: It Works Better with Bullets
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