Yes. Money is very important to [them] so lotsa different symbols for it, like eskimos have for snow. It's the crux of their world. Milk/cream/cheese is simply one such symbol, and probably only in certain context.
Just took a shower and had these thoughts. Sorry if they're redundant...
How do you harvest the cream? You skim it off the top of the milk, same way they skim their take off of our money.
Ever hear this? "I'm gonna beat you for your milk-money if you don't gimme..." That conflates the milk directly with the money.
We really need a nice picture book style reference with all these symbol defs. Something like Wikipedia where everyone can contribute, but with some sort of controls to prevent a hostile takeover. Until that happens, your Thinking in Symbols series is among the best, most accessible references we've got. Thanks.
Yes. Money is very important to [them] so lotsa different symbols for it, like eskimos have for snow. It's the crux of their world. Milk/cream/cheese is simply one such symbol, and probably only in certain context.
Just took a shower and had these thoughts. Sorry if they're redundant...
How do you harvest the cream? You skim it off the top of the milk, same way they skim their take off of our money.
Ever hear this? "I'm gonna beat you for your milk-money if you don't gimme..." That conflates the milk directly with the money.
We really need a nice picture book style reference with all these symbol defs. Something like Wikipedia where everyone can contribute, but with some sort of controls to prevent a hostile takeover. Until that happens, your Thinking in Symbols series is among the best, most accessible references we've got. Thanks.