FF – Museum Mishap
Here is my post for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle and with a photo contributed this week by Sandra Crook. To read the other stories, click on the blue froggy.
A silly little piece of nonsense this week.
Copyright Sandra Crook
“This, we believe,” droned the guide robot, “is a tattooing machine, from around the nineteenth century, old Earth date.”
The crowd “oohed” and “ahhed” before following the guide to the next room.
“Hurry up, dear,” said Filenza.
“One sec, I wanna try this out!” replied her husband.
“Are you mad? If you want a tattoo use an ink transference materialisation module.”
“Nah, this’ll be fun. Old school!” he replied. Filenza followed the others as her husband placed his hand under the needle and pushed the pedal.
“Aaaaargh! It’s not a tattooing machine! Aaaaargh!”
Long-suffering Filenza rolled her eyes. Idiot.
“Coming, dearest!”
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Hahaha. What a fun take..! You also seem to predict that future may be hi tech but there will be a lack of common sense😀. Enjoyed this one!
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Who needs common sense when tech does everything for you? It’s already happening!
I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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LOLOL! Oh wow! This is awesome. I can totally imagine this happening!
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I bet we’ve made some mistakes about old stuff we’ve discovered too!
I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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Some people just have to try things for themselves. 😉
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He’s very hands on!
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LOL Nice LOL
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Glad you liked it!
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Hilarious, made me smile. I wonder what people will make of some of our antiques in a few hundred years time.
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I dread to think! Maybe we should leave instructions…
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Very good. You gave me a good laugh.
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I’m glad you liked it!
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained! I think he learned something that time. Amusing story.
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It’s always a good day when you learn something. Like not messing with stuff 🙂
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Ouch.. a very plausible mistake.. great one.
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A good guess at the machine’s function but sadly not quite right 🙂
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No one does silly nonsense quite like you 😃
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Hee 🙂
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Think he was ‘stitched up’ 😉
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Ha ha groan 🙂
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hehehe Silly guy! I would like to find an ink transference materialisation module! 🙂
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Yeah, it sounds like it would be a lot less painful 🙂
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You are so funny, Ali. You really ought to collect all these somewhere!
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I’m glad you liked it!
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Oh! This is a delightful bit of nonsense. Men can be so ….lovely. : – )
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Yeah, real… lovely 🙂
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I loved this very much. Curiosity stitched the man …
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it! Hopefully his wife can unstitch him 🙂
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Hope doesn’t try out the old coffee grinder thinking it’s an antique finger massager,
Another excellent humorous entry.
Randy
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Ha yes, he dodged a bullet really, that would have been far worse!
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Yup. In the future, they will have NO idea what we used stuff for. None. They’ll guess and be wrong more often than write. This could make a hilarious short movie.
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I’m sure we’ve made mistakes with our archaeological finds too. I’m glad you liked my story!
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Ouch! That would be a painful mistake!
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Let’s hope he’s learnt his lesson… 🙂
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I dunno…. given the types of piercings I’ve seen some of the more hardcore people get, they might enjoy this type of tattooing machine! No pain, no gain…
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It would certainly be quite a novel piercing! Now I have an image of a bunch of chaps all lined up eager to be the one at the front screaming.
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HaHaHaHa! That sounds quite possible! 😀
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Yeah, it was a good guess, but sadly incorrect!
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Well, he certainly found that out the hard way. I hope not all people in the future are that dumb. Good writing, Ali. 😀 — Suzanne
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I hope not too! I worry tech will do so much people won’t have to think any more…
I’m glad you liked it!
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This is so funny, the comments too. Great way to look at archeological finds. They’ll expliain old phones as cult objects. 😀
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That’s the thing about archaeology – there’s guesswork involved sometimes. I think some very old phones already are cult objects 🙂
I’m glad you liked it!
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Dear Ali,
That made me cringe! I also want to know how he got his arm under the presser foot. Imaginative.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Yes, it must have been painful. This guy is pretty good at getting into trouble, I doubt the presser foot caused him much trouble!
Ali
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OMG!! A tattooing machine?! After reading this, I’ll never see our sewing machine the way I did before. Cant wait to tell mom! 😂
Splendid tale, Ali.
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I bet if you put an ink dispenser on the needle it would do the job 🙂
I’m glad you liked it!
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The I guess instead of the thread (as per SOP), we’ll need a long, thin tube enough to fit the needle. So whenever someone pedals, ink flows through. Lol! I’m such a bad mechanic. 😅
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And possibly some mechanism to ensure it doesn’t go straight through your hand and pin it to the table 🙂
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Hahahaha! That’s what he gets for not listening to his wife. 😀 😀
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I get the feeling he doesn’t listen to his wife quite often 🙂
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Hahahaha!
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Such an imaginative take on the prompt. Slightly painful though.
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Thanks! Yes, he’s definitely regretting it. I’m sure they have good medical tech in the future, though!
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You made me smile, great. Mike
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Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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That must have hurt…Ouch..MOL 😀 Pawkisses for a Happy Day 🙂 ❤
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For sure 🙂
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Cute and imaginative story! It’s a good thing he didn’t try it out on his bum. lol.
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Ha, yes! Imagine trying to explain that when the paramedics showed up 🙂
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Looks like the advance of technology did nothing to curb human curiosity and a lack of commonsense in some people . Nice story.
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No, progress can’t fix human nature. I’m glad you liked it!
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I love this – it does look more like a tattooing machine.
Children getting a finger stuck in the machine needle is not that unusual according to a sewing teacher friend – and you then have to think very carefully which way to turn the wheel in order to raise rather than lower the needle.
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Yeah, we all got the “be careful” speech along with the “there was once a pupil who…” story when we started needlework at school. To be honest I always preferred sewing by hand, though I was a dab hand at threading the machine!
I’m glad you enjoyed the story 🙂
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This is fantastic! I love the setting and the story. Bad judgment is timeless.
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From the beginning until the end of time, there’ll always be someone who sticks their hand somewhere dangerous “just to see what will happen” 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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So fun! Future humans will wear tattoos, and the robots will make practical jokes 🙂
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It’s a future to look forward to 🙂
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🙂
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Very funny and my experience of some people with tattoos tells me why she’s rolling her eyes again.
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The long-suffering wife. I’m glad you liked it!
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Fun story, very enjoyable read.
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Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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It sure looks like a sawing machine my mother-in-law gave me when she passed away a while back.
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My mum has a similar one but it was converted to electric a long time ago,
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Some people just have to find out the hard way!
Thanks for the giggle 🙂
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Some people only learn through experience. Fortunately this experience, while painful, wasn’t fatal!
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Idiot. “Coming, dearest!” Hahahahahahah! No kidding! I laughed out loud. I knew the wheels were going to fall off his trolley on this story and they did in an hilarious manner.
Five out of five Popeye anchor forearms. 🙂
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He’s one of “those people”, they’re easy to spot. I’m sure his long-suffering wife knew what was coming too! I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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This is hilarious! Nice take. Ow, this would hurt!!
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it! Yep, pretty painful 😦
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You’re writing about robots too – woohoo! 🙂
Long-suffering Filenza seems accustomed to her husband’s antics. 🙂
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Yeah, robots rock 🙂
I get the impression from Filenza’s eye roll that her husband does regularly get into scrapes 🙂
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Hilarious, Ali! I bet he won’t be trying out any other museum exhibits in the future!
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I bet he will! He can’t help himself 🙂
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Hahah – serves him right! A super fun story 🙂
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Yeah, the silly fellow! I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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It sounds as though poor Filenza’s used to getting her idiot husband out of scrapes. But, to be fair to him, it could have been a tattooing machine… Unfortunately for Filenza, her husband had to be the one to try it out! A fun read!
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This is certainly not the first time she’s had to extricate him from a sticky situation!
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HaHaHA… No one said ALL the extraterrestrials were smart!
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I’m sure they’re just like us!
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