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carlwheathersiam
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Re: The phrase "comparing apples to oranges" 2014/01/13 01:07:09 (permalink)
You guys are hilarious. But OP got a point there. From now on I would say it's like comparing iPhone to Android.
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Re: The phrase "comparing apples to oranges" 2014/01/13 01:41:34 (permalink)
Comparing spleens to uvulas
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Re: The phrase "comparing apples to oranges" 2014/01/13 01:51:11 (permalink)
SteveStrummerUK
 
The same molecule gives oranges and lemons their different smells. Although the chemical constituents are identical in both species, they are actually a mirror image of the other (i.e. they are optical isomers, or 'achiral').
 
 
 



All this in depth scientific analysis of food is turning me off my meals. ~ It smells okay, texture seems quite real and it looks good enough.... but awwww man  
 
 
 
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Re: The phrase "comparing apples to oranges" 2014/01/13 02:34:26 (permalink)
Well if my memory serves, comparing To may be used to show points of difference, whereas comparing WITH affirms a similarity (write it right- Ambrose "bitter" Bierce).
 
But in this modern age anything goes and an apple and an orange- it's just a pear of fruit right?
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