tizzMay 19, 2008 11:39 am
fruitful descriptions for futile energies
Sometimes a simile becomes incredibly popular, and seems to crop up everywhere. Like this one “holding back the ocean with a broom”, a feature of Mark Scott’s (ABC’s managing director) contributions to the 20/20 debates & fora. From Axel Bruns’ blog Produsage.org
A similar thing surfaced a few weeks ago, different friends described difficult tasks as akin to “pushing shit/water up a hill with a broom/ fork”.
Reminds me of the old favourite “rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic”. There’s something nice about getting all poetic on impossibilities and difficulties.
