Random Analogies
Successful Investing
a: Successful investing ~
b: planting acorns
What: "Successful investing is like planting acorns and watching them turn into oak trees. Speculating, on the other hand, is like playing with".....See the link for the rest......
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Writer: Steve Sarnoff
LCC: H
Where:
Date: Jan 4 2011 2:13 AM
# 756 Critique Analogy
But Do They Tast Good?
a: Graphite ~
b: a stack of pancakes
What: "It is one of those seemingly simple
questions that kids come up with: "How
does a pencil work?" A scientifically
knowledgeable parent will dutifully explain that the grey stuff inside the pencil is called graphite, that graphite is like a stack of pancakes with each pancake being a layer of
carbon atoms, and that when the pencil is moved across a piece of paper, the pancakes peel off to leave marks on the paper. But parents know that such an answer will only provoke more questions such as: "can you see
one of the pancakes?"--> See the link....
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Writer: Jeroen van den Brink
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Aug 26 2013 6:48 PM
# 3624 Critique Analogy
Tomb Bound
a: Agoraphobia ~
b: in a tomb underground
What: "Living alone with agoraphobia is like living in a tomb underground. I've been there before, and it's hell in the realest sense. (Even when I was living alone, I would go outside to smoke cigarettes for an excuse to be outside. There were times not even smoking cigarettes would help me go outside though.)"
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Writer: DaSSRedemption
LCC:
Where:
Date: Oct 17 2013 4:59 PM
# 4155 Critique Analogy
a: time signature ~
b: a trailer of a movie
What:
"A time signature is like a trailer of a movie that comes on before the main feature. You see the trailer and find out six months before the movie's release date that it's a comedy or a horror show or an adventure flick."
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Writer: Evan Pollack
LCC:
Where:
Date: Jul 7 2014 3:42 PM
# 5867 Critique Analogy
