Random Analogies

The Male-female Relationship

a: The male-female relationship ~
b: a flower

What: "I have been shown that the male-female relationship is like that of a flower. The male is the stalk that holds the flower high. However, it is the flower and its petals that open and close daily. It is the flower that regulates life, that provides the pollen carried by the bees to create new life in the plant kingdom."

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Writer: RUPUNDA
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Date: Jun 12 2010 7:41 AM



a: Prophase ~
b: team surrounding another team

What: "the cells dividing are like a basketball game, at the beginning they huddle and come up with a plan, then prophase is like when they suround the other team, meta phase is when they block them and they cant escape, anaphase is when they try to escape and push the other team away,telophase is when"Some sports/cell metaphors in the link.

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Writer: rscspro
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Dec 28 2013 11:48 AM



a: barber ~
b: therapist

What:

"Then and now, guys during prom season become caught up in their own world. Cato would like to remind young men that a good half hour in the barber's chair can do wonders for nerves and give young men a chance to show off in a positive way. "A few do come by with their girl just to show off. A barber is like a therapist," he said."


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Writer: Roosevelt Cato
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Date: Apr 23 2014 7:42 PM



a: concentration gradient ~
b: a wound spring

What:

"The important thing to clearly be able to imagine is that most cells are stuffed to the brim with potassium ions and that this concentration gradient is like a wound spring waiting to do some work."


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Writer: Not Stated
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Where:
Date: May 9 2014 6:25 PM



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