This makes me laugh.
I agree!
who said anything about a map? we were talking about spongebobs job at the kk. and b4 that his b-day
My discussion of the "map" was simply to illustrate the issues discussed earlier, such as SB's age and how long he has worked at the Krusty Krab. That's why I wrote in my previous post, "We see this in other areas, too." The map was just another area where we see this ambiguity.
I didn't think this needed clarification. The answer is no, the "map" was not a metaphor. To restate my point above, the writers and producers purposely keep things ambiguous. To restate the examples given earlier:
*We don't know how long SB has actually worked at the Krusty Krab. We're not supposed to.
*From there, I gave the example of the map of Bikini Bottom. The map keeps changing from episode to episode. Again, sometimes SB walks to the left to go to work, and sometimes he walks to the right. Where is the Krusty Krab in relation to SB's house? We're not supposed to know.
If she was speaking literally, what map would she be talking about?
That's partially the point. There IS no map.
(And I'm a he, by the way.............)
At any rate, I didn't mean to confuse folks by going off on a slight tangent...........
