"Come and see this!"
The scientists raced into the laboratory of their colleague, Professor Jenkins.
Jenkins had been working in secret for several weeks now. This was the first time anyone had heard his voice since he began.
There was something large in the middle of the floor, covered with a sheet.
Once everyone was present, Professor Jenkins spoke: "I'm finally ready to share my work with you."
He pulled the sheet with a swift movement and it fell to the floor, revealing a silver machine which was egg-shaped and almost six feet tall. Lights flashed sporadically on the front of the machine.
There was a collective gasp from those assembled and the professor smiled.
"This machine will change everything," he said as he pressed a combination of buttons. "If my calculations are corr..."
White light engulfed the room. It was the brightest white imaginable - a white so bright that Dulux and Persil would be jealous of it.
His calculations were wrong.
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