Tapirs can Run!

[ode_to_tapirs]

Today I am going to do a thing or two about my health. In the meantime, I was wondering if anyone remembers who it was that spoke of a world that would eventually become overloaded past capacity with GHOSTS? I think I'm thinking of the Time Machine...but, really and truly, I would like to think of something else, I hate thinking about the Time

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[yourpalfootfoot]

"In the meantime, I was wondering if anyone remembers who it was that spoke of a world that would eventually become overloaded past capacity with GHOSTS? I think I'm thinking of the Time Machine...but, really and truly, I would like to think of something else, I hate thinking about the Time Machine, I really really hate it, it makes everything feel so empty in here."

The dissolution of the Earth's ability to safely handle ghosts was brilliantly illustrated in this lively exchange between Doctors Egon Spengler, Raymond Stantz, Peter Venkman, and the willing but questionably qualified Winston Zeddmore:
STANTZ
I need two new purge valves. How's the grid
around the storage facility holding up?

SPENGLER
I'm worried, Ray. It's getting crowded in
there. And all my recent data points to
something big on the bottom.

WINSTON
(concerned)
What do you mean "big?"

Spengler picks up a Hostess Twinkie from the workbench.

SPENGLER
Well, let's say this Twinkie represents the
normal amount of psychokinetic energy in the
New York area. According to this morning's
PKE sample, the current level in the city
would be a Twinkie 35 feet long weighing
approximately six hundred pounds.

WINSTON
That's a big Twinkie.

STANTZ
We could be on the verge of a fourfold
crossover ... or worse. If what we're
seeing indicates a massive PKE surge, we
could experience an actual rip.

Spengler nods gravely. Venkman enters looking very concerned.

VENKMAN
Egon, how's the grid around the storage
facility holding up?

STANTZ
It's not good, Pete.

WINSTON
Tell him about the Twinkie.

VENKMAN
What about the Twinkie?