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.