Something magical happened this week on the Breisgau S-Bahn from Breisach in the direction of Gottenheim: When the doors closed, a wormhole must have opened up in the universe in order to beam the entire train and its occupants to another location. There is no other way to explain why the display board suddenly read “Sauerland-Express” instead of the “Meiningen” stop. Above all, the most amazing thing was that no one seemed to have noticed the jump through the wormhole. The passengers stared into their smartphones as usual, some chatted quietly, others guarded their bikes. It was quite obvious that something amazing had just happened here. After all, the existence of wormholes has not yet been proven. But this is where it happened. Outside the window, the green meadows of the Sauerland flew past – and nobody noticed the spectacle. How can that be? Then an announcement followed: “Dear passengers, as you can see on the display board – of course it says total nonsense.” Puff, over the dream of the physical miracle. “We had a software update and it didn’t seem to work that well,” the conductor continued cheerfully. “You are on the train heading to Gottenheim and Freiburg.” The green meadows of the Sauerland in front of the window turned back into the green meadows of the Breisgau. Although the display later switched to “Dreiländerbahn”, the illusion was already exposed as such. Maybe it works the next time.
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