Ridiculousity

  Any useful statement about the future should at first seem ridiculous. - Jim Dator

  With its seven manipulators, Hexeter fiddled with the porcupinish antenna tuning in a signal that had traveled many light years. “The creatures who broadcast these shows from their far world are said to have gone from primitive fires to mighty furnaces in a flash.”

  “Ridiculous!” Wivvilbum snarked.

  “They are said to have leapt from subsistence foraging to verdant farming in an instant.”

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  “Ridiculous!”

  “They are said to have crept from dark caves and created luminous cities in a snap.”

  “Ridiculous!”

  “They are said to have gone from fighting with spears to warring with nukes in a blink.”

  “Ridiculous!”

  “They are said to have advanced from notching twigs to handheld computers in a jiffy.”

  “Ridiculous!”

  “They are said to have learned flight and flown to their moon in a single lifetime.”

  “Ridiculous!”

  “They are said to have harnessed the power of their sun and then their galaxy in a quantum leap.”

  “Ridiculous!”

  "They are said to be nearing our system now.”

  “Ridiculous!”

  Hexter finally got the light-years old show tuned in. “And can you believe these creatures cancelled Star Trek after just three seasons?

  “Dicks!” Wivvilbum spat, its disbelief turning to dismay.