I liked the Zeus of fast food condiments. Because, apparently, Arby's sauce will turn into a swan or a bull or something and have sex with you, causing a war. Arby's, I knew there was a reason I did not eat with you anymore. posted by GenjiandProust at 6:18 PM on May 4, 2010
I have always thought of myself as the Charlie Callas of Metafilter.
"My dog is the Goldilocks of taking a dump. Just pick a tree and let it ride, Blondie."
That's, uh, actually a very astute comparison. A perfectly-formed analogy.
And for the record, it's not the Arby's sauce that does that. Everyone knows it's Horsey Sauce that will seduce you in the form of a bull. posted by Pope Guilty at 6:40 PM on May 4, 2010
The Keith Olbermann of hyperbole. Wait, that doesn't work. posted by nathancaswell at 6:44 PM on May 4, 2010 [1 favorite]
This is the Jesus Christ of Metafilter comments. posted by swift at 6:44 PM on May 4, 2010
My dog is the Goldilocks of taking a dump.
My dog is the Jackson Pollack of dumps, he waddles around like he's making an action painting. posted by nathancaswell at 6:45 PM on May 4, 2010
And here I was just thinking that today was the Lambchop of prison rapes.... posted by Debaser626 at 6:57 PM on May 4, 2010
My favorite comparison will always be this: "If the Talking Heads was dance-punk’s Nelson Mandela, Measles Mumps Rubella is poised to become its Muhammad Ali."
"MMR are yet another band that wants to be the Talking Heads, except without being nerds" is how I read it. posted by idiopath at 7:08 PM on May 4, 2010
I feel like there must be an antique, rhetoric-derived term for the "x is the y of z" figure of speech, but what is it? posted by clockzero at 7:09 PM on May 4, 2010
It is a sloppy analogy, which can only compare objects within their respective categories:
x is the y of z (where z is a category that y belongs to) == x : z :: y : (the main category that y belongs to) posted by idiopath at 7:21 PM on May 4, 2010
correction: x is the y of z (where z is a category that x belongs to) posted by idiopath at 7:47 PM on May 4, 2010
the Benjamin Franklin of molecular quantum mechanics
...widely known as humannaire. posted by humannaire at 7:54 PM on May 4, 2010
How did this dude become the 'Aimee Mann of drywall installers'?
Would it always take him 'til tuesday' to get the job done? posted by Flashman at 8:29 PM on May 4, 2010 [3 favorites]
He is attentive about the acoustic isolation between rooms, because he knows that Voices Carry. posted by idiopath at 8:36 PM on May 4, 2010 [2 favorites]
The oil spill is the Obama's Katrina of Obama's Katrinas posted by Tavern at 5:51 AM on May 5, 2010 [2 favorites]
I am the Song of the South, the Nanook of the North, and the Revenge of the Mummy. posted by Faint of Butt at 7:24 AM on May 5, 2010 [2 favorites]
I had an are-you-fucking-kidding-me moment when someone told me that, in his humble opinion, Bob Seger was "the real Bruce Springsteen" because Bruce had become a superstar and Bob was still not that big. (This was well after Seger had reached the arena phase of his career, but never mind that.) posted by Halloween Jack at 8:48 AM on May 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
You know who else made Absurd Comparisons By Real People Using Famous People? posted by Smedleyman at 9:27 AM on May 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
Adolf Hitler is the Rosa Parks of probabilistically modeled condemnatory analogical referents. posted by cortex at 10:01 AM on May 5, 2010 [8 favorites]
I want to be the something of something. The something of Metafilter, since I don't know any of my real life neighbors and I don't have a close group of friends anymore. I'd go with Strawberry Shortcake, but I don't know what her personality's like and she's probably not like me all that much anyway. posted by anniecat at 12:26 PM on May 5, 2010
y0 dawg I heard you like analogies to famous people. posted by Uther Bentrazor at 10:31 AM on May 7, 2010
Not too hot, not too cold. Just right.
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 6:08 PM on May 4, 2010