Thursday, March 06, 2008

People say all sorts of things to make themselves feel better...

She typed, "Come over." He typed, "You know I'm at work." She typed, "Okay...later then?" He typed, "Of course." But they both knew he didn't mean it. They were 2400 miles away from each other. He picked up a pen and began to sketch what a teleporter might look like.

7 comments:

lucidswirl said...

I like it ... it's like a comic strip without the pictures.

Anonymous said...

I prefer the title: "People buy all sorts of plane tickets to London to make themselves feel better"

Anonymous said...

a teleporter would look like a loaf of bread wrapped in tinfoil with a bunch of wires coming out of it and a USB 10-key pad "connected" (smashed into the bread) at one end.

mmcfarland483 said...

Where did you find my sketchbook?!? That's EXACTLY what my teleporter looks like.

Unknown said...

1373 miles and she would feed him ravioli and milkshakes today.

Bill said...

You make it a short short story, and I'll write a matching haiku...

Want to come over?
You're in Texas, but I'm not.
Beam me up, Scotty!

Anonymous said...

:)