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31 Dec 2015, 9:26 am

kraftiekortie wrote:

It was probably a term which was used more often in northern urban areas.

Knowing those bastiches, I would not be surprised if they didn't have a complete dictionary. I really, really hated my summers with those people. Violent, mean, hateful, racist...uggghhhhh.....OH!! ! And really stuck up too! I remember listening to him and my mother talk about "Blazing Saddles" and how offensive it was because of the beans scene.

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31 Dec 2015, 9:28 am

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This isn't a metaphor, but I remember as a kid hearing women talking about how many karats their diamond rings had. I thought it meant that the diamonds had little tiny carrots inside. Of course that made no sense to me, but it was an interesting image.

Took a few years to realize I was wrong.

surely the only logical direction to take is to assume that there is not only one meaning of the phoenetic sound of the word "carrot".
it is absurd to follow an obviously ridiculous interpretation without peripheral scrutiny.
i always think "there must be more to this than presently meets my eye" when i encounter a phrase that is summarily identifiable as absurd.

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31 Dec 2015, 9:39 am

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surely the only logical direction to take is to assume that there is not only one meaning of the phoenetic sound of the word "carrot".

Not when you're young enough to question such things in that direct way. Critical thinking like that ain't there usually at 4.

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it is absurd to follow an obviously ridiculous interpretation without peripheral scrutiny.
i always think "there must be more to this than presently meets my eye" when i encounter a phrase that is summarily identifiable as absurd.

Ok, you bubble headed booby...(Only a Lost in Space fan will get that...and since B9 knows the proper name for the Robot, well, I am assuming that B9 knows it is meant with pure love)Well, when looked at thorough the lens of an adult, yeah.....but age does play into it. So, THERE you nattering Nincompoop!! Oh..the pain...the pain....

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31 Dec 2015, 9:42 am

DANGER!! ! WILL ROBINSON!! !!

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31 Dec 2015, 9:47 am

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a metaphor is like the dusty horn of a long dead rhino.
it has no place in a modern refrigerator and it is not a topic often discussed among eskimos.

as you can see metaphors are like grains of rice that resemble 1959 model Cadillacs to me.

Exactly!

Metaphors are about as useful as a screen door on a submarine!

figuring out metaphors is like being a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs!

Thats why I avoid using metaphors LIKE THE PLAGUE!! !! !

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31 Dec 2015, 9:48 am

I happen to enjoy them, and you just might enjoy them, too.

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31 Dec 2015, 9:50 am

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Metaphors are about as useful as a screen door on a submarine!

I dunno...that one makes perfect sense and is quite useful.....or....did I miss something?

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31 Dec 2015, 9:54 am

He was being ironic. He was expressing his love of metaphors by pretending to hate them.

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31 Dec 2015, 10:01 am

I was taking B9's baton (of expressing feigned dislike of metaphors by using metaphors), and running with it (to use a metaphor)!

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31 Dec 2015, 10:05 am

LOL, great fun

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31 Dec 2015, 10:05 am

right...that too!

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31 Dec 2015, 10:14 am

"Why curse the dark when you can light a candle?"

"Why curse the dark when you can turn on the light?"

"It's better to light a candle than to curse the dark."

I like the idea that fear might be related to these, but in my experience, I've seen these used do describe sitting around complaining (some people cherish their resentment!), or being too dumb/ignorant/lazy/pessimistic to recognize or take advantage of a relatively simple solution to a problem—or at least a small step that might make things a little bit better—even if that only means changing one’s attitude about it.

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31 Dec 2015, 10:17 am

KimD wrote:

This.

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31 Dec 2015, 10:18 am

I would agree with Kim, actually.

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31 Dec 2015, 10:18 am

zkydz wrote:

b9 wrote:

surely the only logical direction to take is to assume that there is not only one meaning of the phoenetic sound of the word "carrot".

Not when you're young enough to question such things in that direct way. Critical thinking like that ain't there usually at 4.

that does not compute. youth should explore their mental surroundings for adjustments of appropriation and not be stuck in a rigid mindset that there can only be one meaning for everything which is the first thing they learned.
plasticity of ideation is more a hallmark of youth than of the concretions set in end stage development.

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Ok, you bubble headed booby...(Only a Lost in Space fan will get that...and since B9 knows the proper name for the Robot, well, I am assuming that B9 knows it is meant with pure love)

that is not easily processed by my mind considering the reference to "pure love" which to me is simply an utterance from a mind that is being conciliatory.

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Well, when looked at thorough the lens of an adult, yeah.....but age does play into it. So, THERE you nattering Nincompoop!! Oh..the pain...the pain....

indeed the pain. the pain that is suffered by the organic collection of cells that i am designed to protect, and that includes, i am at pains to report, you.
your continued existence i can assure you of with all my appropriated senses, but that is just an environmental observation. your personal experiences are not in my programmatic repertoire to address.

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31 Dec 2015, 10:23 am

I like them because they paint a nice little picture in my head.

But I don't normally talk in a metaphorical way myself.

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