"Gary" wrote in message ...

Ophelia wrote:
>
> Is this a metaphor?
>
> "We consume 500 million straws each day. The equivalent of 127 school
> buses
> filled with straws. It€„¢s disgusting. There should be children in those
> school buses, going to school, to learn, not straws."
>
> [Adrian Grenier to NY Mag / Anna Silman]

It's just a stupid statistic comment. Those school buses do contain
children going to school. There are not 127 school buses driving around
filled with straws. A worthless "apples and oranges" comment.

And people are gainfully employed making those straws. No school bus
drivers necessary.

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