TIME TRAVEL

Dave and Roscoe were the acknowledged computer whiz-kids oftheir college, so when they announced they’d built a time machine, everyone wasagog to try it.

Benny drew the first ticket. ‘Take me back to the fifties, whenbooze was cheap, and I’ll bring back a bucket-load.’

Laughing, Dave turned the dial, and they all waited. Andwaited. And waited.

Two days later Benny returned, unmistakably drunk, his armsfull of bottles.

‘Guess you had a good time?’ Roscoe said.

‘I’m not going there again,’ Benny said. ‘They only haveblack and white television – and only two channels!’

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I've been AWOL from Friday Fictioneers for far too long. Life has thrown various obstacles in my path, but here I am now, hoping this select group hasn't forgotten me completely!

Thanks are due to Ted Strutz for the image and to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for running FF.