Comments on: Failed Metaphor of the Week http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/failed-metaphor-of-the-week/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Mon, 21 May 2012 13:54:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Rainey http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/failed-metaphor-of-the-week/#comment-10901 Rainey Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:22:51 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/failed-metaphor-of-the-week/#comment-10901 There is an adage about the world getting smaller because of our technological advances in transportation and communication. The world is not physically getting smaller,but it seems that way because we can connect to people and places faster than we could 100 years ago. The sky has also gotten closer in this respect due to aircraft and rockets. This strip does make sense to me but it is missing a time warp to the present from the medieval time period. This could have been accomplished by the wizard. There is an adage about the world getting smaller because of our technological advances in transportation and communication. The world is not physically getting smaller,but it seems that way because we can connect to people and places faster than we could 100 years ago. The sky has also gotten closer in this respect due to aircraft and rockets. This strip does make sense to me but it is missing a time warp to the present from the medieval time period. This could have been accomplished by the wizard.

]]> By: Ned http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/failed-metaphor-of-the-week/#comment-10889 Ned Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:42:01 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/failed-metaphor-of-the-week/#comment-10889 I'm pretty sure the second one has something to do with "objects in mirrors are closer than they appear" ... which makes it slightly funnier. I’m pretty sure the second one has something to do with “objects in mirrors are closer than they appear” … which makes it slightly funnier.

]]> By: rammy M http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/failed-metaphor-of-the-week/#comment-10874 rammy M Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:40:06 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/failed-metaphor-of-the-week/#comment-10874 I saw it with 2 possible interpretations. 1) The "Sky" is closer, ie the economy (or whatever) hasn't crashed, but it is actually worse than it used to be. 2) The "Falling of the Sky" hasn't happened yet, but is more likely than before. It's like "we didn't fall off the mountain but we did slide down part way" vs "we didn't fall off the mountain, but we are closer to the cliff's edge" Either way, only mildly funny I saw it with 2 possible interpretations.
1) The “Sky” is closer, ie the economy (or whatever) hasn’t crashed, but it is actually worse than it used to be.
2) The “Falling of the Sky” hasn’t happened yet, but is more likely than before.

It’s like “we didn’t fall off the mountain but we did slide down part way” vs “we didn’t fall off the mountain, but we are closer to the cliff’s edge”

Either way, only mildly funny

]]> By: Powers http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/failed-metaphor-of-the-week/#comment-10871 Powers Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:46:06 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/failed-metaphor-of-the-week/#comment-10871 Kevin, yes, the fable was basically an inspiration for a totally different story in the movie. There was no Henny Penny or Goosey Loosey; Foxy Loxy was a generic school bully; and Turkey Lurkey was the inept mayor. Kevin, yes, the fable was basically an inspiration for a totally different story in the movie. There was no Henny Penny or Goosey Loosey; Foxy Loxy was a generic school bully; and Turkey Lurkey was the inept mayor.

]]> By: Kevin Andresen http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/failed-metaphor-of-the-week/#comment-10862 Kevin Andresen Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:18:20 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/failed-metaphor-of-the-week/#comment-10862 Right, the whole point of "The Sky is Falling" was to point out the lethal distraction that can be caused by the hysterical reaction to a misinterpreted minor event. The news is not delivered hysterically; the news is not even couched as a catastrophic event; and the king does not put himself in jeopardy by joining a group formed out of a belief in imminent doom, the actions of which group would endanger his well-being. Any action taken or feelings felt after the mirror had delivered either a yes or no response would have been based on something approaching reality. I guess the idea of "the bottom falling out" merged with "the sky is falling" in the author's mind, no? I never saw the Disney version (because I was a few minutes late, 3D glasses in hand); were Chicken Little's friends still eaten alive? (From the previews, I had the feeling that Disney had avoided the whole point of the fable and made it into some "the boy who cried wolf" plot.) Right, the whole point of “The Sky is Falling” was to point out the lethal distraction that can be caused by the hysterical reaction to a misinterpreted minor event. The news is not delivered hysterically; the news is not even couched as a catastrophic event; and the king does not put himself in jeopardy by joining a group formed out of a belief in imminent doom, the actions of which group would endanger his well-being.

Any action taken or feelings felt after the mirror had delivered either a yes or no response would have been based on something approaching reality. I guess the idea of “the bottom falling out” merged with “the sky is falling” in the author’s mind, no?

I never saw the Disney version (because I was a few minutes late, 3D glasses in hand); were Chicken Little’s friends still eaten alive? (From the previews, I had the feeling that Disney had avoided the whole point of the fable and made it into some “the boy who cried wolf” plot.)

]]> By: Hockey Baby-Mama http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/failed-metaphor-of-the-week/#comment-10860 Hockey Baby-Mama Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:09:41 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/failed-metaphor-of-the-week/#comment-10860 I guess this strip means that the sky hasn't crashed down and crushed us yet, but it's hovering gingerly just above our heads. High-larious. I guess this strip means that the sky hasn’t crashed down and crushed us yet, but it’s hovering gingerly just above our heads. High-larious.

]]> By: Mattie http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/failed-metaphor-of-the-week/#comment-10855 Mattie Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:39:39 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/failed-metaphor-of-the-week/#comment-10855 Sky's the limit! Sky’s the limit!

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