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BC: New Year's Resolution
https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2025/12/12

That is not funny.

I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off Earth
before Earth was destroyed. All of the humans got their bodies rolled
back to age 25 regardless of their older ages. Everyone's clothes were extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

Lynn

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On 12/12/2025 4:59 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <10hi5en$3eaqm$2@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

BC: New Year's Resolution
https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2025/12/12

That is not funny.

I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off Earth
before Earth was destroyed. All of the humans got their bodies rolled
back to age 25 regardless of their older ages. Everyone's clothes were
extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

Lynn

You might like
Accipiter War: Fort Brazos: Book One
by Patrick Seaman & Blake Seaman
https://amzn.to/3OJ2cuF

kind of a similar setup.

I like mine where they destroy the Earth after grabbing a few hundred
million people first. Go big or go home !

Lynn

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On 2025-12-12, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off Earth before Earth was destroyed. All of the humans got their bodies rolled
back to age 25 regardless of their older ages. Everyone's clothes were extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

Everyone? Speak for yourself.
--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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On 12/13/2025 10:06 AM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:

On 2025-12-12, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off Earth
before Earth was destroyed. All of the humans got their bodies rolled
back to age 25 regardless of their older ages. Everyone's clothes were
extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

Everyone? Speak for yourself.

I was wrong, the rollback age is 20, not 25.

Lynn

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Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> writes:

On 2025-12-12, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off Earth
before Earth was destroyed. All of the humans got their bodies rolled
back to age 25 regardless of their older ages. Everyone's clothes were
extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

Everyone? Speak for yourself.

Good coment. As a matter of a test I just tried wearing the suit I
bought in 1981 and it fits with some looseness: I would have been 22.
--
Stephen Harker sjharker@aussiebroadband.com.au
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On 12/12/25 14:36, Lynn McGuire wrote:

BC: New Year's Resolution
-a-a https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2025/12/12

That is not funny.

I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off Earth before Earth was destroyed.-a All of the humans got their bodies rolled
back to age 25 regardless of their older ages.-a Everyone's clothes were extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

Lynn

Have you ever read Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld series?
Aliens who have been watching for a long time resurrect the hominid population of Earth along with homo saps. They are put them in a world
where everything is provided while aging and dying are eliminated. The
planet of
Riverworld is one long river with high banks around the river. One of the interesting lives is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Power wars break out.
Modern contrivances are contrived.

The series gets boring after a while at least to me. But the initial book is excellent.

bliss




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Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:

On 12/13/2025 10:06 AM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:

On 2025-12-12, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off Earth
before Earth was destroyed. All of the humans got their bodies rolled
back to age 25 regardless of their older ages. Everyone's clothes were
extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

Everyone? Speak for yourself.

I was wrong, the rollback age is 20, not 25.

That doesn't address Christian's point, which is that is not everyone
has gained bulk as they aged.

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On 12/13/2025 11:31 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

On 12/12/25 14:36, Lynn McGuire wrote:

BC: New Year's Resolution
-a-a-a https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2025/12/12

That is not funny.

I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off
Earth before Earth was destroyed.-a All of the humans got their bodies
rolled back to age 25 regardless of their older ages.-a Everyone's
clothes were extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

Lynn

-a-a-a-aHave you ever read Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld series?
-a-a-a-aAliens who have been watching for a long time resurrect the hominid population of Earth along with homo saps. They are put them in a world
where everything is provided while aging and dying are eliminated.-a The planet of
Riverworld is one long river with high banks around the river.-a One of the interesting lives is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Power wars break out.
Modern contrivances are contrived.

-a-a-a-aThe series gets boring after a while at least to me. But the initial book is excellent.

-a-a-a-abliss

I DNF'd on the Riverworld series. No spaceships.

Lynn

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On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:05:08 -0600, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

On 12/13/2025 11:31 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

On 12/12/25 14:36, Lynn McGuire wrote:

BC: New Year's Resolution
aaa https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2025/12/12

That is not funny.

I am reading a new book where 500 million humans got snatched off
Earth before Earth was destroyed.a All of the humans got their bodies
rolled back to age 25 regardless of their older ages.a Everyone's
clothes were extremely loose due to significantly lesser weight.

Lynn

aaaaHave you ever read Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld series?
aaaaAliens who have been watching for a long time resurrect the hominid
population of Earth along with homo saps. They are put them in a world
where everything is provided while aging and dying are eliminated.a The
planet of
Riverworld is one long river with high banks around the river.a One of the >> interesting lives is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Power wars break out.
Modern contrivances are contrived.

aaaaThe series gets boring after a while at least to me. But the initial
book is excellent.

aaaabliss

I DNF'd on the Riverworld series. No spaceships.

Sorry to hear of your disappointment.
I did finish it but, as bliss notes, it got old.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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