I love analogies – as comedy.
Eddie Izzard (a brilliant British standup comic) does a bit about Anglican ministers who try so hard to be hip and edgy and bring real life into the church. A close paraphrase: “Today’s reading comes from this magazine I found in a hedge. Cosmopolitan, Volume 224, page 58: ‘Lipstick colors this spring will be in the dusky pink area, with eye shadow to match.’ And this rather reminds me … of our Lord Jesus. Because you know, before he rode into Jerusalem on the donkey, he must have got tarted up a bit. Now let us sing hymn 399, ‘O Lord, What is My Hairdo All About?’”
So I have in mind a series called “And this rather reminds me … of Testing.” It might really work as improv – have people toss out ideas and have a panel riff on how it reminds us of testing.
Moderator: “I need an idea for a food item. You sir.”
Audience member: “Mayonnaise!”
Panelist A: “Ah, yes, mayonnaise. One places eggs in a bowl with a little lemon juice, then whisks as one slowly drizzles oil into it. The result is creamy, delicious, and shockingly unhealthful. And this rather reminds me … of Testing. I mean, who besides another mayonnaise maker even knows what a mayonnaise maker does? As far as most consumers of mayonnaise are concerned, it just comes in a jar.”
Panelist B: “Yes – just like testing! And, there are many flavors of mayonnaise.”
Panelist A: “Just like testing! In fact, I would go so far as to say we have transcended analogy and arrived in the realm of metaphor. Testing Is Mayonnaise. Can I get a hell yeah?”
I would find that funny.
Jan 072010
The church across the street from my apartment has had a sign up for weeks that says, no joke, “U2charist.” I’m guessing that the U2 song, “I will follow” is included. Wondering how they’ll work in “Sunday, Bloody Sunday.”
So if testing is mayonnaise, how would miracle whip compare?
Geordie’s Reply – I suppose it depends on your testing denomination. Some of us are more skeptical of miracles than others.
I had a funny comment but then I realized it wasn’t so funny. You know this reminds me of testing…you know when you have an idea and it seems really good…..and then it doesn’t work out…..that’s what my first response was like.