Justine Larbalestier

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Missing soul

Who was it that claimed jetlag is caused by souls not travelling as fast as bodies? I can’t remember. But I think they’re a hundred per cent correct.

Posted by Justine at 20:17, 10 March 2009 under Travelling | 10 Comments »

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  1. Gina Black Says:

    That’s the way it’s always felt to me. Even just flying does that to me.

    March 10th, 2009 at 10:02 PM

  2. smaur Says:

    I want to say it was William Gibson. He made a comment like that in Pattern Recognition at least, though he may have been referencing someone else.

    March 10th, 2009 at 10:12 PM

  3. smaur Says:

    ETA: Because I obviously have too much time on my hands today, I Googled the quote. Apparently it was William Golding who said it first[?]

    March 10th, 2009 at 10:24 PM

  4. Delia Says:

    I’m reasonably sure you heard it from me. I heard it from Terri. Who probably heard it somewhere herself, all the way back to William Golding, I guess.

    It’s one of those comments, like the one about never missing a chance to pee or sit down, which I heard from my mother, who attributed it to Prince Phillip. I forget the fons et origo, but I’m guessing it predated old Phil by quite a bit.

    March 10th, 2009 at 11:31 PM

  5. Lauren McLaughlin Says:

    Welcome back though. I’m sure your soul will arrive soon. In fact, I think I may have seen it wafting over Brooklyn earlier.

    March 10th, 2009 at 11:54 PM

  6. Sir Tessa Says:

    Douglas Adams. Space travel meant all these souls were wandering around the galaxy kinda lost. The fact that Arthur Dent’s soul was not just left behind, but no longer had a planet to be tied to, caused all sorts of stuff.

    March 11th, 2009 at 2:15 AM

  7. AJ Says:

    Maureen Johnson said this in Devilish.

    March 12th, 2009 at 10:04 AM

  8. Narelle from Aus Says:

    I used to travel a lot and suffered from chronic migraines. After trying everything known in Western Medicine and my diet mostly consisting of lettuce I went to an acupuncturist who was known for her work with migraines. She said she’d never be able to help me until I stopped travelling so much. Her explanation, “It’s because your soul does not have a home”.
    I stopped travelling like that and my migraines have eased enormously even though my diet now has all the things it’s not meant to.
    I think she may have had a point.

    March 13th, 2009 at 1:42 AM

  9. Little Willow Says:

    Go Maureen.

    . . . and that’s a potential story, if not a Twilight Zone episode, isn’t it? :)

    March 13th, 2009 at 11:22 AM

  10. Ted Lemon Says:

    Hee hee, we use that metaphor all the time to explain why we’re so zonked when we travel (which is too often). It does seem that road trips are less of a problem than flights, so perhaps the soul is a fast walker…

    March 15th, 2009 at 4:57 AM

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