Excavation

An archaeological excavation under a large European city wasn’t a rare and exciting experience for Dr. Hal Singer. There were plans to build a new subway line, and no government official wanted to disrupt ancient ruins. Hal dug is a portion far away from the other archaeologists. If he was gong to find something, he wanted all the credit! He was surprised when his digging opened up a large underground cavern. At first, he thought he had stumbled across the part of the subway that had already been built, but he soon discovered a large portion of the cavern occupied by a strange steam machine. He could date it to the early part of the industrial revolution. It wasn’t exactly as old as they were looking for, but an interesting find nonetheless. Writing on the pipes indicated the user of the machine would switch bodies with a person on the surface directly above. Hal laughed. He was sure one of his colleagues was playing a prank on him now, but as he made his way out, he tripped and activated the machine. It didn’t take him long to find out that the machine actually worked and did exactly what it promised. It also seemed that a strip club now rest directly above the machine’s location. Hal certainly didn’t know how he was going to explain this to his colleagues, except perhaps to encourage them to try it for themselves!