Short Story – The Ker-Boom Button
The Ker-Boom Button
“What’s that button do?”
“That’s the Ker-boom button!”
“The ‘Ker-boom’ button?”
“That’s correct.”
“Ker-boom?”
“Ker-boom! Why are you echoing everything I say?”
“What exactly does that mean? What does the button do then?”
“Ker-boom, of course.”
“So is it a bit like a self-destruct function?”
“No, no, no, dear boy.”
“No?”
“Absolutely not!”
“I see,” he muttered, not seeing at all. “A Ker-boom button without the ‘Ker-boom’.”
“Oh, there is definitely a ‘Ker-boom’,” he replied, nodding vigorously. “Press it and see for yourself.”
“Erm, I think I’d rather not, if it’s all the same.”
“Oh, go on! Give it a jolly old jab.”
“Perhaps another time.”
“As you wish. The ‘Ker-boom’ button is not going anywhere.”
“I feel relieved already.”
