T-Rex: Ted entered his time machine, engaged the temporal drive - and as it spun up he tore through TIME ITSELF, back, years and years...
T-Rex: ...to a time BEFORE BALLET.
Dromiceiomimus: ...Sorry, I don't know when that is. WHEN precisely was ballet invented?
T-Rex: Let's just say Tim found himself -
Dromiceiomimus: Ted.
T-Rex: Ted found himself in an era BEFORE the nail clipper, as WE know it - before even THE GUN-POWERED MOUSETRAP!
Utahraptor: I didn't even know we - what, it's a gun with cheese at the end of the barrel, attached to the trigger??
T-Rex: Yep!
T-Rex: Anyway, Ted exited his time machine and found himself in a strange new world - yes, it WAS Earth, but it was Earth before... THE BOOKWHEEL!!
Utahraptor: Uh
T-Rex: It's a giant wheel full of books, so you can rotate through books without standing up to get more books.
T-Rex: Eugh, FINE, he was in 1587.
Off panel: How did folks clip their nails then?
T-Rex: WELL!
T-Rex: ...With some difficulty
