March 14, 2012 by

I've watched with interest over recent months the experiment in Switzerland with the hadron collider in search of the origins of the universe ,the fabled higgs particle sometimes called the god particle.One of the accidental discoveries of these experiments is that it may be possible for matter to travel faster than the speed of light which i read with interest may mean that i theory at least it may be possible to send a message back through time,which begs the question if you could send a message to yourself back through the mists of time what would you send. I suppose that most people would try to change historic events such as getting a message to 1930's Germany and have Hitler assassinated or try to stop the assassination of arch duke Franz Ferdinand in 1913 which may have stopped two catastrophic wars,perhaps try to get a message to new York's finest to have mark Chapman arrested before he had a chance to kill john Lennon.Why not leave a tip off on a Dallas cops desk that instead of standing on the grassy knoll he might like to have a look in the book depository or put a phone call into airport security or the FBI on the morning of 9/11.How about sending a Morse code message to captain smith aboard the titanic that faithful April night which could go a little like this "slow the ship down dickhead there's ice in the water" this would also have the added bonus that in the future james cameron could knock a hour off his epic movie but i would suggest he keeps in the part where Kate winslet gets naked.I would do all these things and more but on a personal level i would first and foremost send a message back to myself before i had a rush of blood to the head and threw all my porn DVD collection in the bin.Most divorced people will relate to the idea of sending a message back to themselves prior to to the time when they met there ex partners to give a warning which would probably go a little like this "what the f**k are you playing at?",to scream not to do it,don't touch there respective ex wives and husbands with a barge pole but when you look back after the hurt and pain has gone and the screaming and shouting has finished i personally found that there were a lot of happy memories and two fabulous kids who i wouldn't be without and after all it takes two to tango as every marriage breaks up nobody is blameless so if i was talking to my young and naive self back in that nightclub where i met my ex wife in the late 80's I'd say show a little patience and don't spend day and night at work some things in life are more important.One thing i would change if i could talk to my younger self would be to tell myself to do better at school,i spent many hours staring out of the classroom window day dreaming instead of paying attention,while the teacher taught maths and English i whispered and snickered with mates,talking about music,football and girls! when other students were taking exams that would help to shape there future i was swimming with mates in a local lake as a consequence i now work as a carpenter,a quote from the movie "Rocky" sums up my predicament perfectly when Apollo Creed mentions how phisical labour makes you grunt and stink i would tell my younger self "be a thinker not a stinker". I suppose that sending a message through time is just wishful thinking and will never become reality even if someone did do it would they tell anyone?imagine the chaos! As old blue eyes Frank Sinatra sung "regrets I've had a few but then again to few to mention" so if i had a choice i probably wouldn't change anything in my past i happen to think its worked out fine so far even though i look back sometimes and cringe but what matters is i also look back and smile

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