Random Analogies


a: The tsa ~
b: playing beerpong with a jerk

What: "The TSA is like playing beerpong with a jerk. They keep changing the rules midgame and u just wanna have a drink."

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Writer: petewentz
LCC:
Where:
Date: Jan 23 2012 11:07 AM


A-line In The Sky

a: Western civilization ~
b: a plane on auto-pilot

What: "At present western civilization is like an aircraft on auto-pilot, its moral course fixed in the Christian era, with nobody understanding where the navigational settings came from or how to adjust them, and fast running out of fuel. Despite his valuable scientific contributions, Galton's blindness to the needs of both political and moral order surely contributed to this unhappy state of affairs."

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Writer: Roger Sandall
LCC: DD
Where:
Date: Dec 1 2012 11:20 AM



a: overtime ~
b: sprinting

What:

"Overtime is like sprinting: It makes some sense for the last hundred yards of the marathon for those with any energy left, but if you start sprinting in the first mile, you're just wasting time. "


Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where:
Date: Feb 27 2014 6:57 PM



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