Sep. 14th, 2006 11:37 pm
Phrase of the day: "Incident pit"
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jeffreyabI got this from "Pushing Ice" by Alastair Reynolds:
From http://wrolf.net/scuba_slang.html
"incident pit Series of events which individually would not be dangerous, but each causes a problem, which is increased by the next, until you have a major incident.
The incident pit is a conceptual 'pit' with progressively steeper sides. Anything going wrong pushes you slightly further into the pit. As the sides steepen, it gets progressively more difficult to get out. British. See clusterfuck."
Any resemblance to the current world situation is unintended.
From http://wrolf.net/scuba_slang.html
"incident pit Series of events which individually would not be dangerous, but each causes a problem, which is increased by the next, until you have a major incident.
The incident pit is a conceptual 'pit' with progressively steeper sides. Anything going wrong pushes you slightly further into the pit. As the sides steepen, it gets progressively more difficult to get out. British. See clusterfuck."
Any resemblance to the current world situation is unintended.
