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Gerald sat before his his laptop and patted the strange-looking ball beside it. “With my antennae, I’ve homed in on the signal.”
“What signal?” said Bryce, munching on Doritos.
“From the alien ship. I conducted a study and proved this signal renders humans inert on their couches, incapable of cognition. It’s an attempt to render humanity incapable of self-defense!”
“Blimey,” spluttered Bryce, Doritos flying. “It’s some kind of brain ray?”
“Nope.”
“A signal that hacks the brain and crashes it?”
“Nah.”
“Then what is it?”
“See for yourself,” said Gerald.
“Holy crap,” said Bryce. “Keeping up with the Karadashians reruns!”
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Written for the Friday Fictioneers: https://rochellewisoff.com/2018/12/12/14-december-2018/
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*snorting with derisive laughter* — uh, do people watch this show? or would it be the only option available? and what if you opt out of t.v.???
LOL – great twist at the end.
(and no, I’ve never seen the show, and don’t want to)
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I’ve never seen it either. And I suspect that enough people left the TV long enough to get a life, the alien plan has failed. Lucky for us. Glad you got a laugh. Thanks much! 🙂
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Haha! I can’t imagine how dreadful a programme like that must be. Total brain rot.
Hang on a moment…Are you accusing our governing elite of being aliens!!!!
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I can only imagine people would watch that with morbid curiosity, they way they do car accidents and such. Those evil aliens!
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Laughing out loud here 🙂
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I was about to say you don’t need a special weapon to keep humans inert on the sofa, we have that already – your punchline beat me to it 😉
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Oh no! Not them. Pleaseeeeeee….
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Ha Ha:-)))
Missed ur posts for some time. Nice u hare back.
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Don’t know anything about Kardashians, so keeping mum. How are you all, especially your princess?
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They’ve found our Achilles Heel!
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My fave show!
Or it might be if I’d heard of it.
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This is delightful! Thanks for an early morning laugh. (May it never come true.)
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The world of the Kardashians, along with Macdonalds and Starbucks, have remained thankfully outside of my orbit. Good one.
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Lucky you. Keep up the good work. You may be humanity’ salvation. 😉
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Buahahaha! Mind you, I’ve never seen a single episode. Nor will I ever. Now, if you tell me to watch Outlander for hours on end… I will!
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Haha! Same here. The Expanse is definitely binge-worthy too. 😉
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Dear Eric,
The only Kardashians I can relate to are the ones on Star Trek NG. But I think that’s spelled differently. Once more, I put my beverage aside before reading. No liquid through the nose. 😉 Love it.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Hehe. Someday…I’ll get you, my pretty! Thanks much, Rochelle!
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Garage appears to be a great place for innovation.
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Yup. Hewlett-Packard started in one. So did Nirvana. Gotta go. Headed out to the garage. 😉
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Aren’t they the ones with big bums? Not that I’ve watched them of course…!
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Those are the ones. I’ve only watched their bums, mind. 😉
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They used to say more Americans were parked in front of the TV on Superbowl Sunday than ant any other time. Please don’t tell me its shifted to the Kardashians !! LOL!!
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One can only hope so. Otherwise, we’re all doomed!
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Oh no! What’s next, Jerry Springer?
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How did you know? 😉
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Could relate to Bryce! Fun write with a great twist!
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Thanks bunches!
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Very funny! In defence of trashy TV when I used to work really hard I did go for the mindless stuff at the end of the day.
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Admittedly I do that too, but after using my brain so much, it throbs. Thanks so much!
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Hahaha. Love your take on the prompt.
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Thanks kindly!
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Oh that is soooo true!! I can think of a few more shows too…”Real Housewives of Anywhere,” “Wife Swap” (in any country). Goggle Box. I’ve been seriously thinking of getting rid of my TV. Even my favourite shows NCIS, Midsomer Murders, Death in Paradise, Father Brown are mostly reruns.
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Those shows at least have some intllectual value, except for the “Wives of…” ones. Those are the weaponized ones designed to destroy brain cells. Thansk so much, Lyn!
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This made me laugh, well done
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Glad to hear it. Thank you much!
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I think this weapon could easily backfire: while it does render a significant number of people immobile and incapable of mental activity, it also drives plenty of people into a fit of rage and determination to kill anyone who exposed them to that garbage.
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All weapons are dangerous like that. One can only hope this one backfires eventually.
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