Random Analogies
The Water Bike
a: Paddling a kayak ~
b: riding a mountain bike
What: "Paddling a kayak is like riding a mountain bike. The feeling is completely different from that which comes when you are power boating or jet skiing. In a kayak you slip right in and become part of the natural world - you harmonize - you're not just an intruder making waves. The egret fishing the shoreline doesn't startle as you go by and the striped bass swim along with you."
Useful?
Writer: Dave Webb
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Feb 15 2012 9:53 PM
# 1702 Critique Analogy
a: The hyphen ~
b: antibiotics for chlamydia
What: "The hyphen is like antibiotics for chlamydia. Use sparingly, and only when need be."
Useful?
Writer: Hisham Wyne
LCC:
Where:
Date: Oct 11 2013 5:52 PM
# 4018 Critique Analogy
a: Ovary ~
b: a cam running off center
What: "The New York ovarian cancer expert Hugh Barber declared in 1978 that: "Women at high risk usually have a long history of ovarian imbalance or dysfunction, including a tendency for spontaneous abortion, infertility, and nulliparity, as well as an early menopause. The ovary is like a cam running off center"
Useful?
Writer: Hugh Barber
LCC:
Where:
Date: Feb 20 2014 5:00 PM
# 4959 Critique Analogy
