Thread: Barret-Jackson

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Whenever I hear "comparing apples and oranges," this comes to mind.

"Apples and oranges aren't the different, really. I mean, they're both fruit. Their weight is extremely similar. They both contain acidic elements. They're both roughly spherical. They serve the same social purpose. With the possible exception of a tangerine, I can't think of anything more similar to an orange then an apple. If I was having lunch with a man who was eating an apple and- while I was looking away- he replaced that apple with an orange, I doubt I'd even notice. So how is this a metaphor for difference? I could understand if you said, "That's like comparing apples and uranium,' or 'That's like comparing apples with baby wolverines,' or 'That's like comparing apples with the early work of Raymond Carver,' or 'That's like comparing apples with hermaphroditic ground sloths,' Those would all be valid examples of profound disparity. But not apples and oranges. In every meaningful way, they're virtually identical."

- Chuck Klosterman, Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, Scribner - 2003

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Whenever I hear "comparing apples and oranges," this comes to mind.- Chuck Klosterman, Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, Scribner - 2003

Well, as long as he doesn't try to convince me they taste the same......