When I saw the reference to magnetohydrodynamics, I was immediately reminded of The Hunt For Red October (one of my and my wife's favorite naval movies), in which the submarine of the title employed a magnetohydrodynamic drive, colloquially referred to as a "caterpillar." I gather it used magnetic fields in some fashion to propel seawater through two long tunnels built into the submarine, similar to jet engines only with no moving parts, so it was very quiet in operation, a decided plus for a ballistic-missile submarine. (Yes, I know, the novel described the caterpillar drive as something decidedly more low-tech.)
So, to relate back to the subject at hand, perhaps there are times, in the pursuit of love and sex, when one has to proceed slowly and quietly--"Engage caterpillar and secure main engines!" Of course, there are also times when it's necessary to uncrank the main engines and steam "all ahead full"...and the hallmark of a good and tactically-astute skipper is to know when each is appropriate.
- "A" (still cruising just off the coast)
"Everything that happens, happens. Everything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen. Everything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again."
