Random Analogies
Coffee Ground Will Be Illegal In Trash
a: San francisco ~
b: beautiful woman with a lot of charm
What: "San Francisco is like a beautiful woman with a lot of charm who is also often batcrap crazy.
You think with SF facing huge budget cuts in the wake of the State finiancial debacle,the city council would have better things to do. But I guess not."
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Writer: dudalb
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Date: May 5 2012 1:11 AM
# 1975 Critique Analogy
It's Icy Mercury
a: Copper ~
b: mercury that's frozen
What: "But Cu2 is unstable because the bonding is too weak. Instead, the atoms associate into metal. But there's no directionality to their bonding and the bonds are very weak, lacking covalent character. In a sense, copper is like frozen mercury. This means that copper should easily deform--and so it does." A discussion of how the 29 electrons of copper affects its material properties.
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Writer: El Pollo Raylan
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Date: Jun 4 2013 11:31 AM
# 3273 Critique Analogy
a: Dashpot ~
b: a shock absorber for the throttle linkage
What: "Dashpot is like a shock absorber for the throttle linkage. It slows the throttle closing speed when you let off the gas, reduces backfiring and emissions. It is spring loaded, and has an air bellows inside with a check valve and filter on the vent line. Make sure it moves freely, filter not clogged and it should work fine."
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Writer: 4Crawler
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Date: Oct 1 2013 11:58 AM
# 3673 Critique Analogy
It All In The Arrrrrrrs
a: Australian vowel ~
b: Boston accent
What: "one of the most obvious things I've noticed about Australian singers who sound American (to me) is the long 'a' vowel - in most American regional accents this sounds to Australians as though it has an audible R sound at the end of it - 'carrr parrrk' - whereas in an Australian accent that vowel is like a Boston accent only more so. There are other things as well, of course."
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Writer: Pavlov's Cat
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Date: Oct 15 2013 7:14 PM
# 4062 Critique Analogy
