Editing Musical chairs (section)

==As metaphor==
The term "playing musical chairs" is also a [[metaphor]] for describing any activity where items or people are repeatedly and usually pointlessly shuffled among various locations or positions.  It can also refer to a condition where people have to expend time searching for a resource, such as having to travel from one gasoline station to another when there is a shortage. It may also refer to political situations where one leader replaces another, only to be rapidly replaced due to the instability of the governing system (see [[cabinet reshuffle]]).