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True story:

I went with a group of friends into the steam tunnels under Texas A&M the week before spring break way back when. While exploring, we came across this very box in the tunnel that runs directly under the old pedestrian walkway from the MSC and Rudder to Sbisa Dining Hall. "Do Not Turn Off!" and everything. We left it alone. I left midday Friday for spring break; the week after, a series of steam tunnelling exploits appeared in my comic strip (the inspiration for these strips).

That's when I found out there was a blackout on campus Friday evening before spring break.

They didn't invite me on any more tunnelling expeditions. (Shortly thereafter, the ringleader of our tunnelling committee was arrested for computer hacking and expelled from the university. Ah, the halycon days of college.)

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