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Geoffrey's Panklaggephone

By: Ellis Parker Butler
Narrated by: Glenn Hascall
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"Geoffrey's Panklaggephone" is the equivalent of a sponge - for sound. This short story from humorist Ellis Parker Butler demonstrates that even the best inventions will have their quirks. Sometimes those quirks can make the invention useful in an application no one suspected.

Public Domain (P)2014 Glenn Hascall
Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Technology
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