In the UK when we had fear of refuelling shortages because of tanker delivery strikes the Police were told to NOT join queues for Petrol because it would reinforce the view that the Police didn't have a supply and just cause more public panic so for a few days the majority of police vehicles throughout the UK had no fuel.......
There's a german joke where the Indians ask their Chief how hard the winter will be and if they should start collecting firewood. The Chief has no clue, but he thinks too much wood is better than no wood and answers: "The winter will be really, really hard". So every Indian starts collecting firewood for the winter. After some time the Chief gets sorry for the hard work of his people and decides to call the weather service: "Hello, can you tell me how hard the winter will be?" - "Very, very hard!" - "How do you know?" - "The Indians collect firewood!"
Or simply put: If you say that something will run short, everyone will start believing it and buying that product, leading to a shortage.
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May the Probe forgive me, but I was shortsighted, bored, interested in fun and reminded of the good times years ago, where whole nights were spent guiding a pill addict through NY. I've brought infamy over the Probe by replacing it with Max Payne 3, may it forgive me or send me to the eternal firehell known as Venus.
I hope the Probe will never be accepted by the government, otherwise we have to post about it in the Basement:shrug:
