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I think this is a good of example of why Scott Adams says this about analogies:

Analogies: Analogies are good tools for explaining a concept to someone for the first time. But because analogies are imperfect they are the worst way to persuade. All discussions that involve analogies devolve into arguments about the quality of the analogy, not the underlying situation.

https://www.scottadamssays.com/2016/12/21/how-to-be-unpersua...


You may be thinking of Isis the Egyptian Goddess (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis)


Ah of course! Thank you.


You mean like this? https://s-there.com/


Careful there, Smart Pipe[0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJklHwoYgBQ


Interesting! It does not look like they are shipping a product yet though.


And that was the basis of an in-joke in the movie The Frisco Kid when Gene Wilder called out to the landsmann !


That's not an uncommon belief - feel free to write an extra check to your tax department and they will happily accept it. Normally tax departments have a whole system set up to accept voluntary additional tax payments for anyone who feels inclined to top up their contribution to the wellbeing of the state.


Very clever, but my tax agency does not allow for donations.


Somehow I doubt that. What country are you in?


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