I Guess That’s $20 Gone

I put $20 into a Video Poker machine and started to play.

The display and console were very dim; I pressed buttons to hold and deal, then the screen went black.

I pressed a button for service and a technician appeared and said, “I guess that’s $20 gone!”

Super Mario Lemonade Stand

True to their continuing commercial hustle, Mario and Luigi open Lemonade Stands to earn precious Coins.

A Harry Potter collaboration event sees Golden Snitches as a restocking currency.

Harry Potter: Legacy Project

The beloved movie series is rereleased each passing year. The actors who have died and their dialog are digitally removed from their scenes.

Eventually the movies transform into contemplative art pieces of scenery and sets; spaces where magic once lived.

Pasta Banana Boat

Batteries not included.

Who Made The Eggs?

I just cooked them.

“Who made the coffee,” asked TC.

“I just brewed it,” I said.

Stop At TJs For A Bite

Accelerate. Turn right. Tuen right. Turn left into the parking garage. Grab a bite to eat from Trader Joe’s new biodegradable meal. Comes with a little dirt in the box you can plant immediately after you’re finished eating.

Coin Stack

Every coin in this stack is over 10 years old:

- a Lincoln wheat cent

- an Indian head cent

- a shield nickel

- 3-cent piece

Too bad someone knocked the stack onto the ground and deliberately scraped the faces across the concrete.

Art Team Espionage

I was anonymously tasked to gather gossip on the Art Department; a simple dead-drop of information on names and what others are saying about each individual.

I got as far as obtaining a notebook, entitling it, “sekrit”, and writing down one name and a line before shredding the evidence, information on their own office Slack bio:

Kutaro Aiman: “the efficient farmer farms a field once, then moves on.”