Hairy Analogy

After reading this passage in Al Kamen’s Monday “In The Loop” column, …(emphasis added at end)

“But you don’t have to worry about any recognition going to my head,” she assured the crowd. “I was on a little commuter plane in California not too long ago,” [Karen Hughes] noted, “and the pilot . . . [of] this very, very small airplane, came back, and he was so excited when he saw me, and he said ‘I’m so glad to see you.’