Bad Machinery by John Allison for May 13, 2024

You may recall that the girls’ meddling in history in “The Case of the Forked Road” resulted in “the Beatles” being replaced by our familiar Beetles — Paula McCartney, Judy Lennon, Georgina Harrison, and Ringo Starr.

I see Boswick’s tactic here is to try and awkward the misbehaving out of the student body.

French press tea? Outside that I like Mr Bostwick already.

Well, she was just seventeen

If you know what I mean

And the way she looked was way beyond compare

So how could I dance with another?

Ooh, when I saw her standin’ there?

Reminds me of Chuck Berry’s “Too Pooped to Pop.”

The nightmare! Poor Linton.