Cry Snooker

"Cry Snooker" by Andrew Fetler is a humorous science fiction story from the 1960s that pokes fun at modern life through the tale of a family dealing with a wild, runaway pressure cooker. The story follows George, his wife Rosy, and their son Timmy as their ordinary lives are turned upside down by the out-of-control kitchen appliance, which is actually a secret military device. As the cooker causes chaos in their neighborhood, it’s mistaken for a government experiment, highlighting how technology can have strange and unexpected effects; George goes from being a regular guy to someone wrestling with the absurd consequences of a society obsessed with having too much and destroying things, which leads to his final decision to leave their crazy reality with his family, questioning the fast and unpredictable nature of the world.