“How would you know? Everything’s like sex. It’s the universal metaphor. To pick a lock, let me guess, you have to go slow at first, but then you have to pull off some fancy moves, and you have to stay concentrated, and you have to stick something in something, right?” KnowsFirstsMovingSexPicksUniversalLet MeSticksMetaphorFancyLocks Author:Ned Vizzini
“[Boxed] Multiple bouncing balls in a box are a metaphor for community. Notice how the escaping balls explode. This is what happens to people who move from Perl to Ruby.” PeopleHappensMovingCommunityBallsMetaphorBoxesMultipleEscapingRubiesPerlBouncing Ball Author:Larry Wall