[PatrickHenry]

Hey, I thought the rules were that it had to be invented in a basement, not attic!

True inventors are in the attic. Too damp in the basement for inventing a time machine. Corrosion can cause temporal displacement errors. I suppose a perpetual-motion machine could be in the basement. But you'd need a lot of WD-40.

[longshadow]

I suppose a perpetual-motion machine could be in the basement. But you'd need a lot of WD-40.

Don't forget the moth-balls.