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Thank you for using a lobster instead of a frog, because I went to see if lobsters were mentioned on the wikipedia page for boiling frogs, and there was a refer
by pohl 17y ago
Thank you for using a lobster instead of a frog, because I went to see if lobsters were mentioned on the wikipedia page for boiling frogs, and there was a reference there to another entry for "creeping normalcy". I like that phrase.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeping_normalcy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeping_normalcy
- fnid2 17y agoThe frog one is false http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/frogboil.asp http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/frogboil.asp
- pohl 17y agoYeah, it's frustrating that it gets propagated as truth rather than allegory. Some day I'd like it to find a home amongst Aesop's fables. The fox and the grapes, the tortise and the hare, the boiling frog...