Alice: Where I come from, people study what they are not good at in order to be able to do what they are good at.
Mad Hatter: We only go around in circles in Wonderland, but we always end up where we started. Would you mind explaining yourself?
Alice: Well, grown-ups tell us to find out what we did wrong, and never do it again.
Mad Hatter: That's odd! It seems to me that in order to find out about something, you have to study it. And when you study it, you should become better at it. Why would you want to become better at something and then never do it again? But please continue.
Alice: Nobody ever tells us to study the right things we do. We're only supposed to learn from the wrong things. But we are permitted to study the right things other people do. And sometimes we're even told to copy them.
Mad Hatter: That's cheating!
Alice: You're quite right, Mr Hatter. I do live in a topsy-turvy world. It seems like I have to do something wrong first, in order to learn from what not to do. And then, by not doing what I'm not supposed to do, perhaps I'll be right. But I'd rather be right the first time, wouldn't you?
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I would. Would you?
16 comments:
i would..
Meh ... some lessons you never understand until you totally get your dick slammed in a car door.
If you can learn from somebody else's metaphorical genital mangling -- you're already ahead.
:o)
*Sigh*.....If only it were that easy, grasshopper. ;o)
Hi, Nashe. I miss "seeing" you around these days.
Loves and huggles,
Diane
This post made me think. good job, NN. =)
I would too.
I wouldn't! My mistakes have turned my life around...dont know how i'd be without them.
I would too... cool entry.
("THAT'S CHEATING!" haha.)
It's not always that straight forward,right...?
but i probly wanna be rite e 1st time.
I'm so glad you posted this.
@ TA : =)
@ Fairuz : Always. heh.
@ Anon : Nice.
@ Sonco : Aahh.. I guess my world could do with less mistakes.
@ Gad : OUCCHH!!! Hahahha... I just can't think of any lessons I might wanna learn that way. =/
@ Diane : Yeah, not easy. Happy playing with Emmy :)
@ Khane : You would? Hmmm.
@ Nort : No probz.
Dick slammed in a car door? Well, it's a good way to learn not to slam your dick in a car door, I'll give him that.
Wooz, me too. haha. XD
met·a·phor
Pronunciation: \ˈme-tə-ˌfȯr also -fər\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English methaphor, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French metaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Greek, from metapherein to transfer, from meta- + pherein to bear — more at bear
Date: 15th century
1: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money); broadly : figurative language — compare simile2: an object, activity, or idea treated as a metaphor : symbol
Teehee. Yes G. We gots its. ;)
What is wrong and what is right? Who defines the wrong and right? Different people different standards...
@ Venge : Kamu betul sekali. Hmm...
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