Verbal analogies aren't mathematical formulas.

I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of odors I understand to be embraced within that shorthand opinion, and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I smell it.

Verbal analogies

I rest my case.

If you're asking for a courtesy sniff, the answer is no.

i think you should shower less, or think less, or some combination of these two

If I shower less it's gonna result in some really fragrant opinions.

What about unpopular opinions? I thought all buttholes were unpopular. A term like that implies that there are also popular opinions, and therefore also popular assholes. What kind of asshole would be popular?

If you don't know, you haven't found one yet!

I thought all buttholes were unpopular.

You're talking to the wrong guy

Metaphors were never meant to be a perfect analog in every aspect.

Oh good thing this is Shower Thoughts and not Webster's Dictionary.

Can you describe the smell of your asshole (please)?

Follow-up question: what’s the goatse of rhetoric

I actually know two people without assholes… although they both have a tremendous amount of opinions all the same.

So Im just gonna say it. This is what dogs and some animals do. Your shower thought is a metaphor to dog greetings.

And I, for one, thank G-d you did!

It's like asking them to fart in your face.

Except it's "opinions are like assholes, everybody has one", they aren't saying your asshole is an opinion.

No? If opinions are similar to assholes because everyone has one (with the exception of a few people who are literally born without assholes) then asking someone to 'explain' their opinion would be akin to asking them to either describe their asshole (possibly including, but not necessarily, its smell) or to describe the origin of their asshole depending on which version of 'explain' you are using.

Ah, so when dogs sniff each others' butts, thats like a canine mind meld

When someone says that something tastes like ass, they could mean that literally.

Opinions are like assholes. They should be thoroughly probed by the owner before they're brought out in public.

Did you try not saying it?

You're missing the important "...and they all stink" at the end.

My case is resting, but this ass don't quit.

I can't imagine a world without anal, my heart goes out to them.

I shall pass on your condolences…