re: laugh it up fuzzballs
.... as to the pot boiling analogy that was used here. You can wait to watch it boil, but in the meantime, it is getting hotter and to the boiling point below.
Off the record, if you cover the pot and stir the pot gently from time to time as the water heats up, it will boil faster. :) That would mean that we actually had a hands on on the matter though. :D