User:NE Ent/The oyster makes the pearl
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When a dog gets an irritant in its nose, it quickly sneezes and immediately goes back to eating something, chasing something, or sleeping (dreaming about eating and chasing something).
When an oyster gets an irritant in its shell, it goes crazy surrounding the irritant with nacre and producing a pearl.
As a result, with the exception of vaccine-administering vets and bratty children, no one goes around sticking things in a dog's nose. On the other hand, an entire cultured pearl industry makes its living jamming things in mollusk shells.
Too often, when a noticeboard or article talk post is not shipshape and Bristol fashion, the reaction is OMG! You didn't notify the editor, You're creating drama!!!!! or alternatively, dramah, dramaz. Perhaps we'll see That's POV editing, not vandalism!!! (the horror) or the dreaded BOOMERANG!
Noticeboard and talk page posts by the lost, the confused, the newbie, or even the forgetful experienced editor cannot create drama. It's just words on a webpage. The so-called drama comes from hysterical overreaction to a faux pas. Remember, the oyster makes the pearl.