譬

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parable

On-Yomi: ヒ

Koohii stories:

1) [mantixen] 28-7-2009(52): A parable is like putting ketchup on words to make them easier to swallow.

2) [abaddon] 1-6-2008(3): Ketchup, words: Do you know the parable of "The Ketchup and the Holy Word"? No? Well, it's about a boy who spilled ketchup on the Holy Word and then got punished by a priest. Lesson: don't use ketchup above the scripture.

3) [Doodsaq] 25-11-2009(2): I have a great parable about anal sex (the true meaning of what Heisig calls ketchup) but I can't say it here.

4) [Meconium] 5-3-2010(1): Have you heard the parable of the ketchup? "Yea, as too much ketchup can ruin a good hot dog, so too can too many words ruin thy reputation. Be sparing, with the ketchup, my brethren, and also spare thy words.

5) [dihutenosa] 7-8-2008(1): One of Socrates' parables. He once had a student who didn't like anything. This student decided that the way to make things better was to put ketchup on them. Made carrots taste better, made annoying alarm clocks shut up, made ugly girls cry and run away. Socrates heard about this, and told him he should stop. The student said no, this was the only way to make things agreeable for him. "Then maybe you should put ketchup on me," he said. The student saw the error of his ways.

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