Failure Modes

“Hilarious” is the failure mode for horror; “nonsense” is the failure mode for conspiracy; “stereo instructions” is the failure mode for SF. –RecklessPrudence

(#00289)

Wishing many happy luck fall on your head following purchase of Penumbra 3K Foraging scavenger vessel!

For program of soaring trail, open star tracings jar. Signal loved star arrival.

For vacuuming gather, open eat jar. Signal for eat debris.

For living air, open cloud jar. Signal for atomic cloud love.

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Hwell desperately flipped the laminated page over. It showed a picture of a stylized dinosaur holding a steering wheel and giving what he surmised to be a friendly gesture. Friendly stars surrounded the figure and the gigantic, happy company logo.

Whoever had written the idiot-proof manual spoke neither GalStand, whatever language those saurians originally spoke, nor idiot.

Flakk.

Axand'l was going to kill him…

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