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Go Ahead, Mix a Metaphor

by Bruce Petrie, President, Board of Trustees

3/13/2025

Yogi Berra, Baseball, Pinocchio, Art Climb

A lawyer friend of mine says that when he was a kid his mom had a way of mixing metaphors when she was giving mom advice. “We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it, son.” This turn of phrase got his attention not only with words but more memorably with visual imagery.