Copyright - Ted Strutz
"Mrs. Koogel, I'm
finished," said Grover the Electrician. "Turn on some lights
and let's check out the work."
"Grover,"
shouted Mrs. Koogel, "Mr. Koogel turned on the lights in the master bath
and got an electric shock!"
"OMG!" exclaimed Grover. “Try the hall bath."
"Grover,"
screamed Mrs. Koogel. "Mr. Koogel turned on the lights in the hall bath
and got an even bigger electric shock!”
“This
can't be! Tell him to try the bedroom."
“Grover,"
yelled Mrs. Koogel, "Mr. Koogel turned on the lights in the bedroom and
time traveled to the tenth century!”
"Mrs.
Koogel, I'm sorry, it looks like I really screwed up!"
"No,
you didn’t, Grover."
"But
it was supposed to be the master bath and the ninth century!"
"No
big deal. Here, I'll write you a check."
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I don't think I would have been quite so easy on Grover the Electrician. In the 9th century I could have met Charlemagne, one of the most intriguing figures in all of history, so I'm afraid we've got a major time travel fail in my contribution this week to the Friday Fictioneers based on the picture prompt above.
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Look, there's Mr. Koogel and Charlemagne! So Grover the Electrician pulled it off after all.
The other Fictioneers are ready and waiting to transport you to wherever you want to go, be it the ninth, tenth, or 21st centuries. Click here to be shocked and electrified by their offerings.
Look, there's Mr. Koogel and Charlemagne! So Grover the Electrician pulled it off after all.
Nice. A little screw up and you can still get paid.
ReplyDeleteDid Grover get anything else from the Mrs. while they were at it?
Just curious - yellow.
Randy
You know, I knew you would be thinking that way, Randy. No, all Grover got was the satisfaction of a job well done. But I've an idea somebody else might have gotten something else from the Mrs!
DeleteYou didn't!!!!!!!!
DeleteNot me!!!
DeletePerry,
ReplyDeleteDoes he come back when you flip the switch the other way? I'd pay Grover to install that here, even if I did have to endure a shock for it.
-David
Yes, he does, provided Mrs. Koogel hasn't rewired the switch as in the picture above. Then he's pretty much used for target practice by Charlelmagne's army for the foreseeable future. Thanks, David!
DeleteDear Perry, Wow, you are clever - if only time travel were that easy. Good job! Nan :)
ReplyDeleteBut it is, Nan. Look around: there'sGenghis Khan!
DeleteCan I get Grover's phone number - I fancy a trip to late C15th!
ReplyDeleteGrover doesn't have a phone. Where he is, you have to reach him by smoke signals.
DeletePerry - that end beat was a hoot! I kept wondering why poor Mr. Grover kept trying the lights. Thanks for an early morning chuckle. Have a good day. Alica
ReplyDeleteYou mean we woke up together? I like the sound of that!
DeleteShe sure got rid of him!!
ReplyDeleteShe sure did! I hope she doesn't start missing him.
DeletePresumably he can't get back? Well done, Grover!
ReplyDeleteIf he does get back and I were Grover, I go back to prehistoric days if necessary. And Mrs. Koogel ought to go as well.
DeleteVery inventive! That's him out of the way then. Nice one.
ReplyDeleteYes, that's him out of the way, but consider those poor Crusaders if he's even half as annoying as Mrs. Koogel must think he is.
DeleteI see where Randy's coming from with the questions about Mrs. Koogel. I think you had Grover get Mr. Koogel out of the way so you and the Mrs. could travel back to the 1960s and reenact a few choice scenes from The Graduate.
ReplyDeleteYou're right. Plastics is only the first thing I plan to go into.
DeleteOh, I want one of these! Can Grover come to my house? I just imagine Grover as a blue muppet, cute and fuzzy. He's allowed to make mistakes. I don't care if it's a trial and error process. Great take, Perry. Entertaining, as always!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amy, I'll send Grover over to your house. He actually is a cute and fuzzy blue muppet, but he is prone to making mistakes like sending people back to the Spanish Inquistion or to any period of time before televisions had remotes. Good luck!
DeleteHa.. and no way you have to care about the pre-nup.. neat.
ReplyDeleteYou're right. There will be no more nupping for these two.
DeletePoor Mr. Koogel, they say he never saw it coming; he was shocked.
ReplyDeleteHe was shocked and then he was timed out. Poor Mr. Koogel indeed!
DeleteGood story, Perry. If it was that easy, a lot of women would have missing husbands and history would change. Grover would end up a wealthy Muppet. Well done. :D --- Suzanne
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