The Electric Blue Glow in the Dark Universal Remote Device

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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

34 thoughts on “The Electric Blue Glow in the Dark Universal Remote Device”

Priceless Joy September 30, 2015 at 8:15 pm

LOL! Remote transporters carrying bugs to work camp. Haha! Are these flu bugs??

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorSeptember 30, 2015 at 8:31 pm
  
  Oh. Actually they are carrying people to an alien camp who unwittingly buy the universal remote. 🙂
  
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  1. Priceless Joy September 30, 2015 at 8:34 pm
    
    Haha! I was waaayy off! LOL! It was fun trying to figure it out.
    
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  2. Deborah Drucker Post authorSeptember 30, 2015 at 8:39 pm
    
    Oh well. One must leave a lot out with 100 word limit. 🙂
    
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  3. Priceless Joy September 30, 2015 at 8:41 pm
    
    That’s so true and why I often am having to “figure out what’s going on.”
    
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Yolanda Renee September 30, 2015 at 9:29 pm

Universal remote to another world, scary! Happy Halloween!

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorOctober 1, 2015 at 7:07 am
  
  Thank You. Happy Halloween to you as well!
  
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Dawn Quyle Landau October 1, 2015 at 12:06 am

Very clever and creative use of the prompt. This took me to another world too… click!

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1. Dawn Quyle Landau October 1, 2015 at 12:07 am
  
  PS) by the way, LOVE your header photo. It’s just a gorgeous shot of lightening in the desert!
  
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  1. Deborah Drucker Post authorOctober 1, 2015 at 7:14 am
    
    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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  2. Dawn Quyle Landau October 2, 2015 at 11:19 pm
    
    Wow! Such a gorgeous photo; I was sure you must have taken it. Really nice!
    
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2. Deborah Drucker Post authorOctober 1, 2015 at 7:11 am
  
  Thank You! Appreciate it. 🙂
  
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FabricatingFiction October 1, 2015 at 1:14 am

Really inventive!

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorOctober 1, 2015 at 7:16 am
  
  Thank You!
  
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Sandra October 1, 2015 at 1:55 am

I got it. I just threw my multi-coloured mouse out though. I’m staying put.

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorOctober 1, 2015 at 7:20 am
  
  Haha. 😀 Glad I saved you from that terrible fate. The insect like creatures are disappointed though. 🙂
  
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Dan Antion October 1, 2015 at 4:22 am

Work camp? That would be my luck. Talk about a phishing scam 🙂

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorOctober 1, 2015 at 7:22 am
  
  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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rochellewisoff October 1, 2015 at 5:04 am

Dear Deborah,

I wonder if humans are really a bargain at 5 krons. 😉 Imaginative story.

Shalom,

Rochelle

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorOctober 1, 2015 at 7:23 am
  
  Not sure of the currency exchange. Thank You! 🙂
  
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gahlearner October 1, 2015 at 7:58 am

I love where you took that. Great twist.

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorOctober 1, 2015 at 8:00 am
  
  Thank You! 🙂
  
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Fourth Generation Farmgirl October 1, 2015 at 12:16 pm

So funny! 🙂

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorOctober 1, 2015 at 1:41 pm
  
  Thank You Tanya! 🙂
  
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Joy Pixley October 1, 2015 at 2:09 pm

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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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorOctober 1, 2015 at 3:16 pm
  
  Thank You! Yeah it is pretty weird. 🙂
  
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Lynda October 2, 2015 at 5:04 am

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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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorOctober 2, 2015 at 9:12 am
  
  Thank You Lynda!
  
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k rawson October 2, 2015 at 6:25 am

LOL, beware the answer to all problems! If it sounds too good to be true, it’s probably a transporter,

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorOctober 2, 2015 at 9:16 am
  
  Very true. 🙂
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) October 2, 2015 at 11:25 am

If the price looks too good, it’s usually just bug-like aliens..

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorOctober 2, 2015 at 11:34 am
  
  Very likely. 🙂
  
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Suzanne Joshi October 6, 2015 at 3:20 am

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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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorOctober 6, 2015 at 10:33 am
  
  Yes it does 🙂 Thank You Suzanne!
  
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