Random Analogies
The Job Market
a: The job market ~
b: a field of lilies
What: "If you go into the field and pick 100 lilies, then cart them over to a field five miles away, you reduce the number of lilies in that field, just as if you pick 100 IT jobs and outsource them to India, there will be fewer jobs in that market."
Useful?
Writer: Canoeguy808
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jul 29 2010 3:32 AM
# 544 Critique Analogy
Accountability is like a semantic family tree
a: Accountability ~
b: a semantic family tree
What: "Accountability is like a semantic family tree:the trunk is called Governance a main branch is Financial Accountability which feeds other branches such as Budgeting, Accounting,
Auditing and Records Management"
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where:
Date: Nov 17 2011 12:52 PM
# 1494 Critique Analogy
I Want Almonds Too
a: Sex without emotion ~
b: ice-cream without chocolate syrup
What: "Sex without emotion is like ice-cream without chocolate syrup and crushed peanuts on it - not bad, but missing something vital. (Before I knew my wife, if I received an offer of sex with no emotional involvement, I'd probably accept - but not without the chocolate syrup.)"
Useful?
Writer: John L. Ferri
LCC:
Where:
Date: Apr 23 2012 12:13 AM
# 1908 Critique Analogy
Or Maybe Satellite Dishes?
a: rods and cones ~
b: antennas on old TV sets
What:
"The rods and cones are like antennas on old TV sets, and if these antennas are broken, you don't get a good picture on the TV," he explained. "So if enough rods and cones degenerate, then vision quality and center vision goes down."
Useful?
Writer: Sandeep Grover, M.D.
LCC:
Where:
Date: Mar 11 2015 11:00 AM
# 7501 Critique Analogy
