----- Original Message ----- Kevin wrote:
> >> A killer on the road whose brain is
squirming like a toad? Toads hop,
>
> >> they don't slither. Ah, but then "snake"
doesn't rhyme with
> "road"...
And Dave followed:
> I guess as a kid you never picked up toads. If you
did you'd know they
> can squirm like hell.
Well, we don't have too many snakes around this part of the
world, but I've seen them on TV. I have to say that in terms
of resemblance to a brain, a key element in the effectiveness
of this analogy, the toad gets my vote. If Morrison had been
inclined to go for the cliched snake image instead of
favouring his own effective and original analogy, he'd have
possibly opted for the sea-dwelling equivalent, since it has
a rhyme that even someone of his (implied above) limited
abilities might have spotted: There's a killer at the
wheel/His brain is squirming like an eel. Personally, I'm
glad he didn't.
Al Guthrie
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