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Picture yourself, a human being, with your arms pulled around your torso as if they were in a straitjacket. You're in a room 2 feet by 2 feet, and you start to move. List one way, and all you do is hit up against a wall, which makes you fall back, which makes you hit the next wall. Pretty soon you're bouncing from one to the next until you are in a distorted figure-8 motion you are powerless to stop.
After a while, all the bouncing is your only entertainment, so you learn to enjoy it, sometimes.
posted by TK @ 13:02
6 comments
6 Comments:
My goodness! You've described working in IT!
all purpose metaphors are very useful, i see. glad for it.
The cool thing is when you realize that you're actually doing an amazing mime act.
I'm not sure how one could ever get to the enjoyment stage but I still like it. I like metaphors that still make you visualize. I had a conversation the other day about how the phrase "douche bag" came into popular terminology... but no body ever actually considers what a douche is when they say it. Actually if you hear people say it I recommend forcing them to visualize as it tends to make them uncomfortable
m: you funny. mimes = funny.
x: i'm not sure how i ever got the enjoyment stage either. a continual mystery of my life (something to be happy about. the alternative? not fun at all).
and i'm glad to hear you're thinking so deeply about words, especially ones as delicious to say as "douche bag." keep it up, lady x.
V: food metaphors do nothing for me. unless of course, you throw in a tasty dish of fried rice...
Bouncing off the walls is normal range of motion, for me!
Learned it in a straitjacket ;)
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