Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Pangrammar 2.0

"Flarf is to poetry what Wikipedia is to philosophy."

Some implications:

Flarf is to power what Wikipedia is to knowledge.
Flarf is to ethics what Wikipedia is to epistemology.

Remember that Wikipedia is "the encyclopedia that anyone can edit."

Homework assignment: Editing is to philosophy what ________ is to poetry.
Extra credit: Anyone is to philosophy what _________ is to poetry.

(Hint: The subject is to poetry what the object is to philosophy.)

2 comments:

Justin said...

Editing is to philosophy what rewriting one's poetic parentage is to poetry?
Anyone is to philosophy what someone is to poetry?

Do I win? I've probably misunderstood the game.

Thomas said...

You've understood the game. But you need something simple like "editing" (rewriting ... etc. is too complex).

Ask yourself: does the "one" need to be modified as well?