Parable, metaphor, or analogy? You tell me.

[trof]

OK, DU English majors and brainiacs, here ya' go.

Miz t. walked in a few minutes ago with a pot in her hand.
She's making some deviled eggs for a neighborhood get together tomorrow.
In the pot were 4 white eggs and two brown ones.

"What's the difference in these eggs?"
"Well, two are brown, and four are white. Obviously."
"Yes, but ON THE INSIDE THEY'RE EXACTLY ALIKE.
On the inside they LOOK the same, they TASTE the same.
They. Are. The. Same. PERIOD"

Dang.
She ain't just a pretty face and a damn good cook.


So...parable, metaphor, or analogy?

[Xipe Totec]

1. Yes. nt

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2. trick question, it's a recipe.

do i win?

do i win?

[trof]

12. Dang.

You are too quick for me.

[pinboy3niner]

3. Omelet others do the heavy lifting on this one

[Texasgal]

4. Thanks Kanye.

[Hekate]

9. Oh, pinboy. You know if you break enough eggs you have a revolution, you little devilled egg.

Just call me an egghead.

[trof]

13. I do appreciate a good pun.

Well played.

[CTyankee]

5. Given the choices I would say a parable.

It can't be a metaphor or an analogy because it doesn't compare one thing to another.

[trof]

11. Well, it sorta compares eggs to people.

We're different on the outside but the same on the inside?

[trof]

6. I laughed at every reply. Really. Thanks, I needed that.

[Brother Buzz]

7. Mmm, deviled eggs

I really am a connoisseur of deviled eggs, I'm envious.

[Shandris]

8. It's an analogy.

There is no metaphrand for a presumed metaphier to act upon (as it is intended to be conjured by the listener's own mind), and there is no story to qualify it as a parable.

It is a partial correspondence analogy, definition 2 under 'analogy', Google.

I guess I fail the humor test though.

[trof]

10. That was my take, kinda.

This from a 72 year old Cajun lady that said 'yes' to me 47 years ago.
She never ceases to amaze and instruct.