You mean....pissing in an ocean of piss actually accomplishes something?

Actually, they could gut the thing for parts in 1885. All they'd have to do is include which parts get gutted in the letter about the time circuit control chip, which 1955 Doc could then replace (and which would get broken almost immediately afterwards. They'd just have to lie about why they were broken so Marty would remain none the wiser about his own future and break the time machine when coming back.

Would that not just be a regular battery?

I'm just wondering how big the explosion is going to be.

So then it works the normal way over there too? Nothing makes sense anymore!

It would most likely be derived from Lord of the Rings Online chatlogs, featuring 8 characters named xXxLeGoLlasxX

So by following that logic, MidLifeCrisisbook should be able to win all of the Facebook crowd with convertibles and hot secretaries, right?

Doesn't that basically make your cell phone into an expensive pager?