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A 100 word story by

MrBinks

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Martin Travels to Ikea

Time travel is not an exact science. That’s what the poster said on the canteen wall. I think it was supposed to be funny.

I’m surprised nobody had taken it down by now.

One errant digit. One minute miscalculation and there would be serious consequences.

Take Martin for instance. He’d supposed to have arrived in the stock room of an Ikea, but instead ended up in the carpark just as someone was reversing out of a spot. 

BLAM. Flat-packed Martin. 

“He came out of nowhere,” protested the driver.

Obviously that’s not quite true. The future is always around the corner. 

Hey, Listen

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Thanks to Rochelle for hosting, and to Ronda Del Boccio for this week’s photo prompt. Please, if you’ve stopped to read this story go read the other ones at the link here.

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Responses to “Martin Travels to Ikea”

  1. Tessa

    I love this story.

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    1. MrBinks

      Thank you so much.

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  2. Angela Adams

    Nicely done! The story, I mean, not the crushing of Martin…

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  3. plaridel

    poor martin. any miscalculation can be dangerous indeed.

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  4. Dawn M. Miller

    LOL..good one.

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  5. elmowrites

    Oh dear, Martin. Gotta watch out for the rotation of the planet. He didn’t come out of nowhere so much as nowhen!

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  6. msjadeli

    Can’t wait until time travel is commonplace. “He came out of nowhere” gave me a chuckle.

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  7. Keith’s Ramblings

    …and he was carried away in a big blue bag.

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  8. James McEwan

    Poor Martin. What does the future hold for him now?

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  9. Liz Young

    What a neat idea for a story!

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  10. Kevin Cannon

    as Ikea say “The wonderful every day” I do love a time travel tale

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  11. granonine

    So my question is: Did this poor flat-packed guy die in real time? Same way?

    I think you’ve put me off time travel 🙂

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  12. Laurie Bell

    This is great. Shame about the direction of the landing zone behind off. Ouch! Haha

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  13. rochellewisoff

    Dear Mr. B,

    Poor flat-packed Martin. Well done. The story. Not Martin.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  14. Brenda’s Thoughts

    Talk about consequences. Time travel is certainly a risk. Poor Martin. Hopefully, they’ll get the calculations down soon. I’d like to give it a try. 🙂

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  15. patrickprinsloo

    Love it. Some great lines there.

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