For some reason I was thinking about that age-old adage about lemmings jumping off cliffs, and its use as a metaphor for people who mindlessly conform. Then, I found myself wondering, "What the hell is a lemming?" Answer: a small Artic rodent. These cute little rodents get a bad rap! They don't commit mindless mass suicide. They're just trying to migrate, yo! And they don't actually jump off cliffs. In fact, the makers of the 1958 Disney film White Wilderness (winner of an Academy Award for Documentary Feature) imported lemmings and launched them off cliffs with a turntable. That just ain't right. (Thank you, Bob McKeown and the CBC, for bringing Hollywood's animal cruelty to light.)
For some reason I was thinking about that age-old adage about lemmings jumping off cliffs, and its use as a metaphor for people who mindlessly conform. Then, I found myself wondering, "What the hell is a lemming?" Answer: a small Artic rodent. These cute little rodents get a bad rap! They don't commit mindless mass suicide. They're just trying to migrate, yo! And they don't actually jump off cliffs. In fact, the makers of the 1958 Disney film White Wilderness (winner of an Academy Award for Documentary Feature) imported lemmings and launched them off cliffs with a turntable. That just ain't right. (Thank you, Bob McKeown and the CBC, for bringing Hollywood's animal cruelty to light.)
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