Nitpixx
There's a Marsh commercial that airs on the radio which closes on a line that resembles "So when comparing Marsh's produce department to other produce departments, it's like comparing apples and oranges." The wordplay entirely falls apart for me because the analogy is broken. It would be like comparing apples and oranges to compare Marsh's produce department with, say, some other store's pharmacy. The thought they're actually trying to express would be more like comparing a very tasty, juicy apple to a mediocre apple (or perhaps a rusting apple with five bites taken out of it and a worm in the decaying remainder).
There's a Taylor Swift song on the radio, "Love Story", which I think abuses its Romeo and Juliet metaphor. Taylor: You say you're Juliet and he's Romeo. Good start. The only reason you're apart is that your father disapproves? I'll buy that. But is there an extended conflict between your families that has mounting casualties? Do you get married without the consent of your parents? Is there suicide, either real or feigned? Is your story a net tragedy? No? Then you've ganked the wrong love story. Try another. There are many to choose from! In fact, it seems as though you've compared your romance having a fairytale denouement for perhaps the only historically famous love story that lacks a happy ending. Whoops.
In other news, the Comptroller of Maryland has once again given me the shaft (to the tune of roughly $250), but it shall have been the last time.
I'd like to be someone else for a week. Preferably someone with a less tense existence.
There's a Taylor Swift song on the radio, "Love Story", which I think abuses its Romeo and Juliet metaphor. Taylor: You say you're Juliet and he's Romeo. Good start. The only reason you're apart is that your father disapproves? I'll buy that. But is there an extended conflict between your families that has mounting casualties? Do you get married without the consent of your parents? Is there suicide, either real or feigned? Is your story a net tragedy? No? Then you've ganked the wrong love story. Try another. There are many to choose from! In fact, it seems as though you've compared your romance having a fairytale denouement for perhaps the only historically famous love story that lacks a happy ending. Whoops.
In other news, the Comptroller of Maryland has once again given me the shaft (to the tune of roughly $250), but it shall have been the last time.
I'd like to be someone else for a week. Preferably someone with a less tense existence.