What does the proverb: "fool in the shower" mean...?

Answer 1

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The Fool in the Shower proverb is attributed to the economist Milton Freedman who gives the analogy of a bather who thinks his shower is too cold so he turns the hot water all the way up and ends up getting scalded. The moral is, to make any changes in small increments till you get the result you want so you don't get "burned".

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Answer 2

Too old to answer this. Proverbs? This must be a new one. Showers in the UK don't work.
It might mean that anyone with a shower in the UK is a fool, because he's going to get a dribble of scalding water or a deluge of ice cold water.

Answer 3

someone is trying to tell you to come in out of the rain and you are to foolish to do it. It means that you are not making a good decision about something. It means that you are being foolish. It means that you are going to get wet! When you should be staying dry.

Answer 4

u drop the soap

Answer 5

It's from Keynes. [Economics]

“To get hot water, ‘the fool’ initially turns the lever all the way to the hot side. Then as he feels the water becoming hot he quickly turns the lever all the way to the cold side, and continues going back and forth without letting the full effects of either side settle in."

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