"if it won't shift, hit it with a hammer. if that doesn't work, hit it with a bigger hammer."

and then?

well, it'll be broken.

and then i'll have to go out and get a new one.

sheer brute force is rarely much of an option. most things in this world respond far better to intelligent persuasion.

i heard people certainly do.

is that really true?

someone said that situations tend to improve dramatically when i apply a little cleverness. someone said that i should just look for a smarter solution. someone said it really does exist!

but does it?