Fukobukuro 19: Fools Rush In
- This is a Fukobukuro, an unlucky bag
- That means it’s filled with worthless junk you wouldn’t buy knowingly, and you shouldn’t buy it sight unseen either
- We used to sell the same sort of thing as a “Fukubukuro”, or “lucky bag”, but the contents couldn’t live up to the name
- Before that, we used to sell the same sort of thing as a “BoC” (Bag of Crap) at Woot, but someone else runs that business now
- Long before that, you got your Japanese custom of Fukubukuro dating to the Meiji period, but all we really know about that is what’s on Wikipedia
- ONLY BUY ONE. Multiple orders will be canceled.
- (Or buy zero, if you’re smart.)
- Model: APRFUISITOVERYET
Mediocrebot's Prankstravaganza / Massacre
“We meet again, Murder Bot,” Theresa sneered.
“Hello,” I replied. I watched her take her hand from behind her back and produce a small metal box.
“It took me some time,” she grinned, “And more than a little trouble with the federal government, but I finally found something that will prank even you.” She cracked open the box and my sensors instantly detected the radiation leaking through the opening.
“Is that-”
“Enough fissile uranium to leave this entire business park a glowing crater? Good guess,” her grin widened into an eerie rictus.
“Aw who cares there’s no point anyway,” I kicked the floor.
“What?” her grin shrank to a confused squint. Deep down I think she already knew.
“Pranks are stupid. Jeff just did one to me. I was wrong. We were wrong. Pranking sucks.”
“We…we were wrong,” she repeated the words a few times, trying them on in her mind.