Baseball as a metaphor
I am not a big fan of baseball, itself. Sure, I'm a White Sox fan, but that's mostly because of an English teacher I had who didn't like the Cubs, and the fact that my bro, red_sput was a Cubs fan, so it was fun to razz him (I have since learned, however, that this is unfair: Cubs fans have suffered enough).
Despite this, I use baseball metaphors a lot, particularly in terms of relationships. One of the most common ones (that, surprisingly, I don't often use) is the "base" system of dating that we all learned in middle school. What I want to know, though, is how you learned it.
Poll Poll 17: Rounding the Bases
Perhaps it is the way Americans are brought up to admire baseball as the "national pastime", or perhaps it's merely this idea that how far you go on a date is measured in "bases", but I do tend to use baseball metaphors to describe relationship issues. More on that later, I imagine.
All your base, of course, are belong to us.
Despite this, I use baseball metaphors a lot, particularly in terms of relationships. One of the most common ones (that, surprisingly, I don't often use) is the "base" system of dating that we all learned in middle school. What I want to know, though, is how you learned it.
Poll Poll 17: Rounding the Bases
Perhaps it is the way Americans are brought up to admire baseball as the "national pastime", or perhaps it's merely this idea that how far you go on a date is measured in "bases", but I do tend to use baseball metaphors to describe relationship issues. More on that later, I imagine.
All your base, of course, are belong to us.