A TOATS Spectacular!

Prologue

Valentine’s Day.  It sent shivers of anticipation through the women of TOATS…Jurgen’s shivers on the other hand, were more like shivers of apprehension. He should have waited till March to ask for a “no clones” clause in the TOATS Rule Book, but it was too late now.  He would have to figure out how to juggle at least six Valentine’s Day dates.   It seemed like an impossible task. 

Which was why he broke into Cecilia’s lab while she was upstairs trying to finish her novella.  CLICK the door to the lab swung open.

Cecilia certainly had the most TOATS gadgets.  (Margaret, had plenty of gadgets, but those are different kinds of gadgets).  Teleportation was his best bet. He headed for Cecilia’s card catalog and started reading. 

A – Aromatherapy bombs (great for freshening up the interior of a TOATs taxi or setting a mood in an emergency), aardvarks (in case of ants in kitchen)

B – Buns of Steel videos

C – Crocodile Dundee’s capture and release program for beginners (note: get replacement for Nigel)

D – Diamond hunters anonymous, didgeridoo lessons, dangerous devices – thigh master, salad shooters….

Jurgen flipped through the rest of the alphabet until he reached the

T’s – Teleportation, Tardis, TOATS Taxi, Thyme-X watch, Toaster, Tunisian flying carpets…. Jurgen stopped reading….a Thyme-X watch!  Perfect. 

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A few hours later he was ready.   He had read the instructions carefully on the watch, gathered sprigs of Thyme from Cecilia’s garden, and made arrangements for six romantic rendezvous'.  He tucked an index card into his pocket to make sure he had it straight.