Boiling the Ocean

American humorist Will Rogers was reputedly once asked how the Allies should deal with the German U-boat threat during World War I. He suggested that the solution was simple. "You just boil the oceans. The U-boats will turn pink and pop to the surface. Then, you just pick them off." When asked how he would boil the oceans, he responded, "I never worry about details."

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