Talk:Jiffy Pop

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[edit] Jiffy Pop as metaphor: How to discuss?

In doing a Google search for "Jiffy Pop" + "history," I found many, many references in which "Jiffy Pop" was used figuratively.

• http://www.angelfire.com/journal/cathbodua/Shamanism.html "What images jiffy-pop into your mind?"
• http://www.investmentu.com/research/momentuminvesting.pdf "It won't take long before your portfolio starts to act like a pan full of Jiffy Pop."
• http://lastdebate.blogspot.com/2005/07/was-george-bush-right-about-iraq.html "This was not MY notion of a jiffy-pop war"

and more straightforward comparisons:

• http://blog.wellsfargo.com/GuidedByHistory/2006/03/disaster_shack_part_2_1.html "we looked like we were sitting in a Jiffy Pop Popcorn bag—but it worked!" (reviewing an aluminum covered survival blanket)

It seems as if there ought to be some way to reference or explain these, or at least to comment that "Jiffy Pop" has a life as metaphor for convenience and speed, above and beyond its meaning as product. I just can't figure out the Wiki way to do it. Lawikitejana 08:32, 9 August 2006 (UTC)