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Have You Ever Thought About These Types of Sayings?

MarleneAM @MarleneAM (293) 2 Sep 16

Facitiously speaking... Do you ever wonder, what makes us choose to say typical sayings, such as: 'I could care less..' -- and usually, never; 'I could care more' -- or, 'in broad daylight' and not -- 'in narrow night-time'? It...

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Difference.

Reine25 @Lucky15 (37391) • Philippines 19 Mar 16

What do see? The moon and two stars. How do you see? With the moon and the stars? What is the difference ot those two.questions? What makes it different depends on your thoughts. Looking beyond not just on what your eyes...

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Uninstalling

Reine25 @Lucky15 (37391) • Philippines 1 Dec 15

Phone seems to be getting slower. Browsing is not that fast anymore. Run my anti-virus, cleared caches, check the memory. Boost everything. Or did i miss software update? Then i noticed that i have been downloading too much...

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What's wrong?

Reine25 @Lucky15 (37391) • Philippines 26 Nov 15

Double checking everything, figures to headings. Still not okay. What's wrong? Rereading the document i have to submit, it took me a whole day to see the mistake. Proofreading can be "painful" in the eyes if you have to really...

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God and analogy

man2sting @man2sting (637) • Indonesia 19 Aug 10

Drawing analogies to prove God exists? What do you think? If at the end it leads to inconsistency, better not!

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You know, life IS like a box of chocolates.

cbjones @cbjones (1147) • United States 15 May 10

The chocolates with that weird, unidentifiable toothpaste like stuff inside represents the situations you would much rather like to avoid at all costs. The best pieces represent the good times in your life that you wish you had...

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Forcing someone against their will because YOU think you know better.

AngryKittyMSV @AngryKittyMSV (4317) • United States 30 Sep 09

NO. [i] Your lips say no but your eyes say yes.[/i] NO, I don't want to, please stop. [i] I know what's good for you, just lay back and take it, stop fighting, you'll like it![/i] [b]No. I...

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Obama doublespeak... Car insurance is required for all Americans.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 10 Sep 09

Supporters of mandatory medical insurance laws like to cite car insurance laws to back their points. However, the analogy doesn't really work. Why? Because there are no laws requiring everyone to have car insurance. Yes, there...

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Do Have A Favourite Analogy You Regularly Use

Brian @wolfie34 (26770) • United Kingdom 16 Mar 09

Going back to my discussion on 'self esteem' one analogy that I actually have should in theory help me and certainly others when feeling jealous of others, or of those with looks who look down on others who are not as attractive...

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A fable some MyLot users might appreciate

Latrivia @Latrivia (2878) • United States 15 Mar 09

I'm not in the habit of posting emails I get, but this one really stuck out in my mind, and I think it's a brilliant analogy of what's going on. I figured some of you might appreciate it, so I feel like a little show and tell. So...

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The Pledge-The Turn-The Prestige

xtaticsaint @xtaticsaint (50) • India 19 Nov 08

Hi Everybody...I would like, in this discussion about the movie, 'The Prestige', to share certain 'Secrets' of Life revealed in the movie, which I'm sure, the movie makers have carefully and intentionally woven into the movie. It...

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are you a carrot, egg, or coffee bean?

squaretile @squaretile (3778) • Singapore 3 Jul 08

I read this in the papers today and thought it was meaningful enough to share with all my lotter friends. The story was about trials that we face in life being akin to being dumped into boiling water. So we can choose to be...

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Golf balls and beer

ShepherdSpy @ShepherdSpy (8544) • Omagh, Northern Ireland 26 Jun 08

http://www.fmbv.nu/mayonnaise-and-beer I like this story! does it strike a chord with You too? Thanks for responnses!

A Flaw in the "Restaurant" Analogy for Federal Income Taxes.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 8 Nov 07

We've all heard the story of the 10 men eating at a restaurant and how their bill would come out if it was paid according to the current income tax system in the US. In the analogy: * The first four men (the poorest) would...

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Money doesn't grow on trees!

RESGuy @RESGuy (859) • United States 4 Jun 07

At some point in our lives someone has told us 'Money doesn't grow on trees' and the occasionally add 'ya' know?' to the end of the metaphorical phrase. What does this phrase mean to you? What are some experiences you can tell me...

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From what things do you get most to make an analogy?

sukandar_ag @sukandar_ag (880) • Indonesia 13 Apr 07

I like to search analogies from the nature, very often from plants and little animals. It seems that the last ones are the neglected creatures to observes. I think the nature serves much of wisdoms to us. What about you?

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Fourth Dimension (analogy two)

ready2earn @ready2earn (435) • Italy 19 Dec 06

If we consider like Mike NS did a single dimension 2^1, this gives us a straight line of length one. 2^2 a square of area 4. 2^3 a cube of volume 8. Here's the controversial bit 2^4=(2^2)^2 We have defined the fourth...

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You can get a true love but you must die

givemechance @givemechance (3794) • Indonesia 30 Oct 06

this is just an analogy.is there any way to make more happy?

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