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The Buddha Is Like A Drink

a: The buddha ~
b: a drink

What: "The message and example of the Buddha is like a drink from the cleanest, clearest and coldest mountain stream - refreshing, invigorating and liberating ". See the rest in the link.

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Writer: hifiguy
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Date: Sep 7 2011 8:18 PM



a: Cochlea ~
b: a skate-park

What:

"COCHLEA is to transduction as skate-park is to skating.

The cochlea is like a skate-park because transduction occurs in the cochlea in the inner-ear, while skating occurs in a skate-park."


The sound waves ride around the cochlea the way a skate boarder rides around a skate park??


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Writer: Not Stated
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Dec 15 2014 11:33 AM



a: polymerization ~
b: adding letters to the end of a word

What:

Or maybe something like adding a single pearl to the end of a pearl necklace or adding a car the end of a train


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Writer: Lucrezia
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Feb 10 2015 10:11 AM



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