Although principles of space-time restrict George and Neal from interacting with their older or younger selves (without proper precautions there is a high risk of imploding the universe - also, doing so causes all baked goods to smell like old cheese for some reason), Neal and George decided, what the hey, let's see what we're like as old men. George fortunately found out that he seemed to have discovered an elixir that caused him to age in reverse a la Benjamin Button. Here is George at age 160:
He'd as soon kill you as look at you.
Photo by: Neal
Neal, on the other hand, immediately suffered a minor heart attack and still suffers from what is likely a form of post traumatic stress disorder upon discovering what he'd look like later in life:
Neal at the ripe old age of 40.
Photo by: Neal
And that's just age 40.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a story about a child born as an old man who aged in reverse, wasn’t always a work of fiction. Originally, there were multiple cases of children born as old people who then aged in reverse. In 2068, George and Neal started the “Benjamin Button Disease: Walk or Sleep for the Cure” charity, dedicated to eradicating this horrible disease.
Above: Numerous seven-year-old sufferers of B.B. Disease participating in the 9th annual Walk for the Cure”
Photo by: Neal
Above: Severe cases, unable to walk, participate in “Sleep for the Cure”
Photo by: Neal
Given the overwhelming support generated by the charity, by 2071 they thankfully found a cure for BBD. George and Neal traveled back to 1859, secretly distributing the cure worldwide. Consequently, Benjamin Button and every other child thereafter led normal (or at least chronological) lives. Though they rarely discussed these events (preferring to keep their good deed anonymous), one cold night in 1921, George and Neal retold the tale to good friend Fabio Scott Fitzgerald who wrote the now famous short story about the (now fictional) illness.
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