I saw it on a table at the Sunday Swap Meet. The wizened old woman answered the question in my mind, ” It’s a universal remote device. Eliminates the need for your TV remote controls, garage door opener and computer mouse. And the bright, glow in the dark colors and pattern ensure that you will never lose it.” She answered my next thought, “All that for the special low price of $5.95 and a money back guarantee.”
The insect like creatures overlooked the latest arrivals to their work camp. Pretty good return on our investment of 5 krons each for those remote transporters.
My contribution to: The Friday Fictioneers
PHOTO PROMPT thanks to– © Marie Gail Stratford
LOL! Remote transporters carrying bugs to work camp. Haha! Are these flu bugs??
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Oh. Actually they are carrying people to an alien camp who unwittingly buy the universal remote. 🙂
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Haha! I was waaayy off! LOL! It was fun trying to figure it out.
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Oh well. One must leave a lot out with 100 word limit. 🙂
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That’s so true and why I often am having to “figure out what’s going on.”
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Universal remote to another world, scary! Happy Halloween!
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Thank You. Happy Halloween to you as well!
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Very clever and creative use of the prompt. This took me to another world too… click!
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PS) by the way, LOVE your header photo. It’s just a gorgeous shot of lightening in the desert!
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Thank You. Yes I really like the photo too and wish I could take credit for it. I found it on Creative Commons.
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Wow! Such a gorgeous photo; I was sure you must have taken it. Really nice!
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Thank You! Appreciate it. 🙂
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Really inventive!
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Thank You!
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I got it. I just threw my multi-coloured mouse out though. I’m staying put.
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Haha. 😀 Glad I saved you from that terrible fate. The insect like creatures are disappointed though. 🙂
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Work camp? That would be my luck. Talk about a phishing scam 🙂
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LOL! I know. Well you have to be suspicious when a product is so cheap and promises to do so many things and it’s electric blue with stripes. 🙂
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Dear Deborah,
I wonder if humans are really a bargain at 5 krons. 😉 Imaginative story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Not sure of the currency exchange. Thank You! 🙂
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I love where you took that. Great twist.
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Thank You! 🙂
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So funny! 🙂
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Thank You Tanya! 🙂
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Very creative idea! And yeah, anyone who thinks they can get that kind of all-purpose super-cool device for only $5.95 is either going to end up with a piece of junk or, possibly, in an alien work camp. It’s a risk. 😉
After reading a bunch of the stories based on this photo, I really am starting to think the mouse looks sinister!
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Thank You! Yeah it is pretty weird. 🙂
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Deborah, I had to read the last paragraph a couple of times to let it sink in. I love twist endings and yours is very well done!
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Thank You Lynda!
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LOL, beware the answer to all problems! If it sounds too good to be true, it’s probably a transporter,
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Very true. 🙂
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If the price looks too good, it’s usually just bug-like aliens..
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Very likely. 🙂
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Well, that teaches all of us to be very, very suspect of too good a price. Great sci-fi piece, Deborah. Well done. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Yes it does 🙂 Thank You Suzanne!
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