The Jock and His Mental Crutch

07.02.08 Observations 7 comments

Have you ever noticed that the jock must always draw life analogies from sports?  Every story, life lesson, or “deep” thought (if this is possible) must have some sports metaphor, of which they must make us aware. A friend of mine when writing about a best selling author was unable to resist this intellectual crutch and wrote the following:

He gives up more ground than the 2006 Indianapolis Colts defense (seventh worst all time) and uses more misdirection than an option offense.

We’ve all heard these types of stupid analogies used in the work place:

• Keep the ball moving
• There’s no “I” in “team”
• That’s a slam-dunk
• Lets touch base

Can you think of any other stupid sports analogies?