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The Weekly Inventions of
Dr Splatterjacket

Sitting on its side on a table is a watch with a smart screen. On the screen is a message which says ‘VaultWatch - Security Alert - Motion Detected.’ It has an exclamation mark in a triangle and below another message which says, ‘Dismiss / View Details’.

VaultWatch

20th June 2026

Having finished my tiny dinner, helping to save valuable money towards rebuying my mine from George who had accidentally bought it from me.

The funny thing was that the miners were still mining in the mine. Which is good news. Because then I will be the first person to drill to the centre of the Earth.

So, I was happy the miners were still drilling.

Except I won’t be the first person to drill to the centre of the Earth because George owns the mine.

So, I was sad the miners were still drilling.

But what if I managed to buy the mine back from George, then all the extra mining distance would mean I was closer to getting to the centre of the Earth.

So, I was happy the miners were still drilling.

But what if I couldn’t buy the mine back and George still owned it when it got to the middle of the Earth? Then it was George getting closer to the centre of the Earth.

So, I was sad the miners were still drilling.

I decided to stop thinking about whether I was happy or sad about the miners still drilling, as it was making the corners of my mouth hurt. Instead, I spent the time realising something… They only had one day’s worth of plans for where to drill to left.

Of course, I didn’t give the miners the whole plan in one go. That would be ridiculous. The whole master plan was locked up in my secret vault that nobody knew about.

Just as I was thinking about this my VaultWatch suddenly burst into noise and alarm. On the front of the watch it said, “Motion Detected”. I quickly tapped on the “View Details” button and saw George trying to break into my super-secret vault.

On this screen there were lots of options about what to do next to George, but I pushed the one that I knew was absolutely guaranteed to work. There was no time to mess around… this was my vault, with my master plans.

I pressed “DiscoLoco”…

Instantly, the VaultWatch external speakers erupted into an extremely loud disco megamix.

George froze.

Then twitched.

Then pointed both fingers into the air.

Then started dancing uncontrollably.

Within moments he was fully boogieing around the corridor outside my vault.

There was absolutely no way he could continue breaking in while simultaneously performing such aggressive disco movements.

My plans were safe.

For now.

I knew my secret plans were safe… but are yours? Get your VaultWatch today!

Note to self: Potentially add more than three disco songs. Even I’m starting to get annoyed by hearing the same chorus every seven minutes.