Stone Soup
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"Stone Soup" is a European folk story in which hungry strangers convince the people of a town to each share a small amount of their food in order to make a meal. In varying traditions, the stone has b
In the folk story, a pot that initially contains only a stone has other ingredients added to it.
Allegory of the long spoons
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The allegory of the long spoons is a parable that shows the difference between heaven and hell by means of people forced to eat with long spoons. It is attributed to Rabbi Haim of Romshishok, as well
Stone Soup
…funded by the steel company Christiania Spigerverk ("Christiania Nail Factory"), is nicknamed Spikersuppa literally meaning "Nail Soup" in Norwegian. Allegory of the long spoons – Parable about heaven and hell Tragedy of the commons – Overuse of a shared resource, the inverse of the Stone Soup story…
A modern reenactment of the allegory