I like to think that people know me for several different, specific reasons. Tropes, even. I'm the computer geek, the bicycle nerd, the good writer (debatable, I know).

But I'd like to add another to the list: budding analogy master.

Everyone possess and proudly exhibits nuances in conversation that remind both themselves and the person they're talking to just who it is that they're talking to. My nuance takes the form of analogies, typically ridiculous ones that - apparently - only I see the connections to.

My most recent attempt:

Human beings are like carburetors on a scooter. At a low throttle position, the easy to adjust mix screw responds to the throttle being opened (our most primal thoughts). From 1/4 to 3/4 open, the needle rises and rises, lifting the barrel for air and fuel to come in (our everyday grind). At wide open throttle, the main jet, which is one of the most difficult ones to choose appropriately, takes over (our hardest to accomplish desires like love and belonging). Right?

Prior to that, I hit my friends, virtual and in person, with the following golden nugget:

It's like this, look: if you're in line for a rollercoaster, the people in front of you will automatically be wiser than you in the near future by the simple truth that they will go on the rollercoaster before you do. The second they walk out of the exit gate, they'll have experiences you won't have had until a little while later. Isn't that something?

Most recently, I realized that:

E-mail clients don't do much other than just download the mail. You can have one email client and I can have another and we'll still look at the same mail. It's like watching the same channel with two different TVs.

Please, I'd love to know some of your favorite analogies. If any, of course.