Time machine story

[ciphergoth]

Clearing out my stuff a couple of days ago, I found a small Bonnie Langford doll that I won many years ago in an SF society "50 word epic" contest. My guilty secret, however, is that I stole the story idea from Rudy Rucker's "The Fourth Dimension and How to Get There". Anyway, it amused spikeylady so I thought I'd share it with you all. (updated slightly to make it clearer)

A miniature time machine appeared in the middle of the room and fell on my desk. I examined it for a minute or so; it had a dial in seconds, and a red button. To test it, I set the dial to sixty seconds, and pressed the button. It disappeared.

Comments

[nathan-nothing.livejournal.com]

I do forget a lot of things that are quite interesting. It was something about a time machine, and a post in the future and the other guy had already written it.
Might have been somebody round about here.
I'm sorry if I upset you as you seem to be quite pleased with your trick there.

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

You haven't upset me - I don't even know you, why on earth would you upset me?

To clarify - by "sounds about right", I meant that my contribution probably was duller than something eminently forgettable. :)

[nathan-nothing.livejournal.com]

I understood what you meant, and I thought I'd better take the precaution of apologising for any offense I may have caused by enjoying the forgettable trick over your dull trick. some people get upset quite easily in these sort of situations, sorry.