> Too many people . . . moving at the speed of molasses The difference being that more people means slower motion but with enough mass, molasses is pretty spee

> Too many people . . . moving at the speed of molasses The difference being that more people means slower motion but with enough mass, molasses is pretty speedy (estimated 35 mph in linked article). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood And I'm only being somewhat facetious when I claim we need more molasses-like leadership: normally slow us down and make us think about things but if there's momentum, pull out the stops and let's go! We try to manage to slow things down regardless of the scale or the purpose, and that's where (pun intended) molasses has us licked.