[wellylug] Lemmings [was re: Virus]

Don Jones don.jones at linuxmail.org
Wed Apr 10 18:28:59 NZST 2002


> >Its like lemmings ... they know its bad for to jump over the cliff - but
> they still do it - everyone else is :) 
> ...
> 
> Just in case you wanted to know, the whole lemmings thing is an urban myth :-)
> Some American wildlife program in the '60s ensured everyone believed it by
> showing 'lemmings' jumping over a cliff into the sea .... turned out their
> budget was quite small so they didn't actually seek out real lemmings they
> filmed hamsters being pushed into the St Lawrence (I think) river in the
> USA instead :-)

s/Its like lemmings/Its like the popular misconception of lemmings behaviour/ ;)

Don
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