At least thirty or forty years ago I read a short story in an anthology of science fiction. The story was about a man in a bazaar/market on some far-flung planet. He buys a rug/carpet. In the course of the story, the man lies on the rug and falls asleep. He finds himself in a deadly world/dimension. If I remember correctly, the grass in this world was either vampiric or acidic. Everything was deadly. He wakes up just in time to save himself from death. Does anyone recall the title and author of such a story? I believe that the protagonist portrayed by the author in other stories as well.
In time Keeps on Slippin' , Farnsworth creates a basketball team which he matures by abusing Chronitons. This leads to time skipping forward by random, but ever increasing amounts. How much time was skipped in this way? Answer Unfortunately, I don't think a good estimate can be made for this, for two reasons: Many of the time skips move forward by an indeterminate amount of time. At one point, the Professor mentions localized regions of space skipping forward much more than others. We then see two young boys on the street below complaining about having to pay social security, only to suddenly become senior citizens and start complaining about wanting their money. Thus, each individual could have experienced a different amount of time skippage.
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