Hmmm

I'm not too keen with my taxonomy. Are bacteria considered invertebrates, or is Fred Taylor-Hochberg once again too ignorant even to tell a joke? In any case, if you're referring to them as "the other phylum," I know bacteria aren't going to qualify.

Here's another humor lesson: The idea behind comparing something to something else is that the something else isn't something folks normally think of when they think of the first something, and thus sheds some extra light on it. It's a requirement, then, that the something else you're using is accurately portrayed, because otherwise you're not even doing anything. For example:

"Ever notice how bums are like airplanes? They always ask you for change!!!"

is not funny.

posted by Beetle Aurora Drake 11/30/2005 04:02:00 PM #
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