Suddenly, a mesonoxian metaphor rang out!

Imagine you're hanging out in a semipublic place, like the ASME lounge (because I just haven't mentioned that place enough). Suddenly a question springs to your mind.

"Hey, what's the capital of Alaska?"

"Juneau."

"No, it's Anchorage."

"No, Anchorage is the largest city. Juneau is the capital."

"You sure about that?"

"Yeah. Yeah, hey, remember that bit in John McPhee's book, talking about the really strong winds in Juneau?"

Et cetera.

You see that dialogue up there? That's Wikipedia.