The Lie Detector

“Now, the world should see my latest creation…” the Professor started. “I would name this robot a Slap-O-Matic, which would slap you so hard if it detected even the slightest trial of straying from the path of truthfulness!” And the audience gave him a standing ovation. The launching party went on through the wee hours of the morning in that eventful weekend.

Monday eve then came and the Professor anxiously waited for his son to come home for dinner at the living room. “Where were you?” he asked coolly to his son. The son then answered, “As usual Dad, on Mondays I had my English course at Mrs. Ang’s”. The machine suddenly whirled on its wheels and slapped the boy with its paws.

“Ouch, what was that for?” he yelped.

“This is the Slap-O-Matic son, it would slap anyone who isn’t telling the truth! Mrs. Ang called your mom three hours ago to notify us that you weren’t in her class!”

“Okay I went to Tom’s house to play billiards”

Slap.

“Okay, we were watching a movie” the son said anxiously anticipating another slap.

“What movie?”

“Pirates of the Caribbean”

Slap.

“Okay okay, it was just called Pirates, an x-rated spoof of the movie…”

“Jee, son, you know better that watching these kinds of movie will cloud your young mind and turn you into a no good person in the future. How would you become a good leader of the community if sex would be the only thing that you have in your mind! I myself, had never ever watched these kind of films when I was your age or your grandma would have already killed me for this!”

Slap. The machine whirled back on the Professor himself.

“What the….” the professor barked at the machine.

“Hahhaha….”, his wife gave a laugh-out-loud from the kitchen. “Guys, men are always the same everywhere no? See, you and your son! You know… an apple never fell too far off the apple tree!”

Suddenly the machine rolled its wheels towards her.

Slap.

And then silence fell upon them.