This is the third chapter in the Wacky Adventures of Abraham Lincoln, where a famous Lincoln quote is turned upside down and inside out in 100 words. We join Abraham in thought as he scribbles some notes on the back of an envelope...
"Four score and seven years ago..."
"Four score and seven years ago," mumbled Abraham.He stopped.
"Ago... or... from now?" he said.
What would the World of 1950 be like?
He imagined railroads everywhere, coal-fired behemoths racing fast as a gazelles from town to town. Massive steamboats plying the ocean waters. Maybe hot-air balloons for every man, woman, and child to float around, narrowly grazing the world-wide web of telegraph wires.
And chess machines! Turkish dwarves stuffed in simulacra to play at any time!
Abe liked the World of 1950.
Too bad that he had to kick some more ass in 1863 to make it happen.
I think I'm getting the hang of this.