In article ,
"Stormin Mormon" wrote:

I've met enough people who think slamming the thermostat
makes it heat faster. Dunno. They must learn from driving a
car where tromping the gas pedal throws it into four barrel?

I think it just an extension of the well known fact that if you press
the button repeatedly the elevator will arrive faster.

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To find that place where the rats don't race
and the phones don't ring at all.
If once, you've slept on an island.
Scott Kirby "If once you've slept on an island"