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Post A Reply Login Name: Password: Message Icon:                                                                       Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled. [QUOTE]Originally posted by copper86: [QB] Jacob, that is such an amazing metaphor. At first, I really didn't get it (when I first read that "peanut butter" was your metaphor), but speaking as someone who is always scraping the bottom of something (be it peanut butter, icing, baking materials), I clearly understood your analogy after reading. It's perfect! I'd love to come up with an interesting metaphor, but I'll have to think a bit to see what comes to mind for me. I usually just use sayings to describe how I feel ("I've reached the end of my tether," a Frasier quote I love, or "I'm at my wit's end"), but I like the individuality of your metaphor. Perhaps "guitar" would be a metaphor I would use, as that instrument - though I don't play one - is very dear to me. A guitar, like any instrument, needs care and attention in order for it to work well. The strings need to be changed and tuned regularly so it sounds vital and healthy - or "happy." So, if a string snaps, or strings don't get changed, or if it isn't tuned or maintained properly, the guitar will not function to its peak. It will be out of tune and will not respond the way it is meant to (same goes for when you hook it up with amps that don't work properly or when fuses blow out). Sometimes I feel like a guitar whose strings are going out of tune or on the verge of breaking - or I could feel happy and everything is going smoothly, like a nice solo on an electric guitar. So, that is my current metaphor. I'm sure other users will have other ideas, too! :) [/QB][/QUOTE]

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