In Case of Hooks, Part 5: "Hook To The Future"

  • In case of bad dreams involving fires, wake up from nap.

  • If woken up from nap, realize that you were dreaming of fires because your house is on fire.

  • If house is on fire, look for glass to break.

  • If no glass, turn on sink.

  • If sink begins spurting out fire instead of water, get out of your house because you’re pretty much screwed.

  • In case of standing across the street and watching house burn down, I’m sorry.

  • In case of apology from me, go downtown, because now you have nothing better to do.

  • If you do actually have something better to do, do that instead.

  • In case of claiming to have something better to do, you’re lying, because you’re homeless now.

  • If homeless, visit mad scientist in jail, and offer money for access to his time machine.

  • If using time machine, exit in the future.

  • In case of everyone having hooks for hands in the future, maybe you screwed something up by time traveling.

  • In case of screwing something up by time traveling, grab nearest hook-handed person and ask how everyone got hooks for hands.

  • If hook-handed person begins telling story, take a seat and listen intently.

  • If story starts with a fire and is told in 140-character bursts, you may be listening to a Twitter feed.

  • If you were not around to save the day (you were time traveling, remember?), the fire continued to spread.

  • In case of world-wide fire, people followed proper procedure.

  • If proper procedure was properly followed, everyone ended up with hooks for hands.

  • In case of a world filled with hook-handed people, use time machine to return to your present/their past.

Dan Markowitz