Off-topic, but possibly Buffy-related:
Brain Region Linked to Metaphor Comprehensionr
Metaphors make for colorful sayings, but can be confusing when taken literally. A study of people who are unable to make sense of figures of speech has helped scientists identify a brain region they believe plays a key role in grasping metaphors.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran of the University of California at San Diego and his colleagues tested four patients who had experienced damage to the left angular gyrus region of their brains. All of the volunteers were fluent in English and otherwise intelligent, mentally lucid and able to engage in normal conversations. But when the researchers presented them with common proverbs and metaphors such as "the grass is always greener on the other side" and "reaching for the stars," the subjects interpreted the sayings literally almost all of the time. After being pressed by the interviewers to provide deeper meaning, "the patients often came up with elaborate, even ingenious interpretations, that were completely off the mark," Ramachandran remarks. For example, patient SJ expounded on "all that glitters is not gold" by noting that you should be careful when buying jewelry because the sellers could rob you of your money.
I think that the collars would also prevent them from licking their balls, even if the stitches were, like, on their paws.
I did know this. I just figured, like, the more plausible explanation (based on ita's description) was a permanent ball-scratching-limitation, like having non-retractable fingernails, or the little kind of dog having really short stubby front legs so it can never reach. A dog wearing an elizabethan collar is like a woman wearing really, really tight jeans and developing cooter itch -- eventually, you're gonna be able to take the constricting garment off, and do all the scratching you want.
I have suddenly strayed into Roseanne Roseannadanna territory, haven't I?
I just figured, like, the more plausible explanation (based on ita's description) was a permanent ball-scratching-limitation
But if we read it like Steph did (and as I did) that it's a straight swap, the dog isn't retaliating with permanent ball-scratching limiting, so I don't think it's at all required.
Quite simply -- you used a cone to prevent me from playing with my balls, and here's my tit-for-tat.
eventually, you're gonna be able to take the constricting garment off, and do all the scratching you want
Dogs and genitalia -- not two (separate, COMPLETELY separate) areas where eventually is much comfort.
Quite simply -- you used a cone to prevent me from playing with my balls, and here's my tit-for-tat.
Proving that jokes lose all power of funniness once they have to be explained.
Quite simply -- you used a cone to prevent me from playing with my balls, and here's my tit-for-tat.
So we've moved on to pre-op trannies now, have we?
Proving that jokes lose all power of funniness once they have to be explained.
Well, at least the egg one (by far my favourite of the two) is okay.
I saw one of his cartoons with a huge egg banging the hell out of a chicken, and the caption "Who came first?"
This reminds me of a tee shirt a friend of mine used to have the had a drawing of a large, hairy penis with legs chasing a large, hairy vagina with legs, and a caption that said "One fucking thing after another."
I doubt it was the same cartoonist, though. I think that tee was hand made by a friend of his.
Should there be a male term for tit-for-tat?
