Sunday, 02 April 2006

SAT : ANALOGY ::

1)  PATTON : BERLIN ::

(A)  turtle : shell
(B)  house : home
(C)  Scott Eric Kaufman : completion of S.W. Mitchell chapter
(D)  slap : shellshock

2)  WMD : IRAQ ::

(A)  politicians : truth
(B)  pre-Revolutionary War material : "The Best Introduction To . . ." list
(C)  dog : bone
(D)  elderly Jews :: Ft. Lauderdale

3)  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS : PEOPLE ::

(A)  wild pack of rabid dogs : puppy
(B)  Goo Goo Dolls : Replacements
(C)  playa lake : oceanic trench
(D)  I Can't Believe It's Not Butter : butter

4)  POTATO : MASH ::

(A)  eskimo : mush
(B)  split pea : mush
(C)  Scott's brain : mush
(D)  porridge : mush

5)  THIS CONCEIT : TIRESOME

(A)  no shit : sherlock
(B)  law of : diminishing returns
(C)  fun sucked : right out of it
(D)  must stop : now

 

Apr 2, 2006 10:01:10 PM | Academia, Books, Dissertation, Evolution, Literary Theory, Literature

5 Comments

Chance

Holy shit, that was funny. The internet has proven that comedy geniuses are everywhere.

Posted by: Chance | Sunday, 02 April 2006 at 11:47 PM

Belle Lettre

Didn't you just have a fever a few days ago? How is it that you can still come up with hilarious stuff like this while sick when I'm just beginning to be able to read something slightly more complex than the backs of cereal boxes?

Which reminds me, I should blog again soon, shouldn't I...

Posted by: Belle Lettre | Monday, 03 April 2006 at 12:17 AM

Amardeep

Something about the way you set up this post made me wonder what would happen if we intentionally 'broke' the logic of analogies.

Instead of "A is to B as C is to D," why not "A is to B, is to C, is to D...." ?

In short, a never-ending series of relationships without a bridge.

Posted by: Amardeep | Monday, 03 April 2006 at 03:42 PM

Chance

A is to B, is to C, is to Kevin Bacon...

Posted by: Chance | Monday, 03 April 2006 at 04:13 PM

RubDMC

Hey, man, you've got some funny shit going on here, and if it weren't for the Koufax awards (we're both also-rans) I never woulda found ya.

PS - Thanks for the Koufax finalist graphic :) Mine is on the lower left here http://www.jsoucy.org/index_normal.html

Posted by: RubDMC | Monday, 03 April 2006 at 08:22 PM

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