in the wild: X do it like Y

Posted on July 20, 2009 | 2 Comments

T. Rex seems to have discovered a couple of snowclone-y jokes:

I’m not sure if all of them have actually reached snowclone status, but the well-worn bumper sticker slogan “X do it like Y”, particularly for any Y that is a pun on what Xes do, has certainly been in the queue for a while.

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2 responses to “in the wild: X do it like Y”

  1. John Cowan | July 21, 2009 at 8:10 am | Reply

    OT: The comparison really isn’t fair: people choose to practice a profession, but do not choose skin color, sex, or membership in an ethnos.

  2. Erin (the SCDB keeper, not logged in) | July 21, 2009 at 8:41 am | Reply

    @John: I agree, the comparison isn’t fair, but hey, maybe the problem is T. Rex thinks of himself as a professional tyrannosaur.

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