If a particular conclusion is a good one, what makes you think that only one person will think of it? That’s why Smedley Faversham, in his first time-travel escapade, ran into more than one other time traveler. In all, the punster has had five adventures, each sillier than the last.
When Smedley Faversham traveled back in time to Munich in 1919, the first thing he saw was a large sign reading “THIS WAY TO KILL HITLER.”

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  1. “Smedley Faversham” by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, in Analog, June 1999.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre