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Outside his workshop, the inventor puts his keys into a brass time machine set five minutes ahead. He waits by the locked door until the keys reappear, proud that he did not search for them.
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Outside his workshop, the inventor puts his keys into a brass time machine set five minutes ahead. He waits by the locked door until the keys reappear, proud that he did not search for them.
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The inventor sends his keys five minutes into the future and discovers a new way to wait.

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Panel 1 — Inventor: “I lose these keys for five minutes every morning.” Panel 2 — Inventor: “My Time Saver sends them five minutes ahead!” Panel 3 — Neighbor: “And now?” Panel 4 — Neighbor: “That took five minutes.” Inventor: “And zero minutes of searching.”