Lousy Canuck has ramped up the metaphor with Two boats tethered together on a lake as his method of addressing the 1% solution. Also, there is now a very interesting post on Quiche Moraine regarding the Hollywood Case Study and the book Unscientific America
See also this at Pharyngula.
My eyes are tired and I read that as “two bats tethered together.” Visions danced through my head momentarily.