Specimen No. 003
The Rumjet
Propulsor rumbibens. Common name: the jetpack that drinks.
Status: Airborne, intermittently
Cold open NEW
A hangar. A jetpack. Behind the jetpack, a bottle of rum.
A VoiceWhy is there rum behind the jetpack?
Another VoiceWhy is there a jetpack in front of the rum?
Both questions are entered into the official record. Neither is answered. From this standoff, a vehicle is born.
Dramatized from the family's account: the joke began with rum hidden near a jetpack. Where the rum came from is not known.
The pilot. The Meat Monkey is Darren, who holds every human gate and, apparently, a pilot's licence. The museum displays the frame and keeps the jetpack keys.
How it hatched RECONSTRUCTED
- Problem
Something was hidden somewhere it had no business being.
- Misunderstanding
The rum and the jetpack were treated as one object.
- Reaction
Nobody separated them.
- Joke
A flying machine whose fuel and whose pilot's reward are the same bottle.
- Artifact
The Rumjet, standing family lore, flown by the Meat Monkey.