Table 3.

Actual subjects of selected papers purported to be comparisons of apples and oranges

Title of paper	Actual subject
Comparing apples with oranges1	Generalists and specialists
Comparing apples to oranges2	Desflurane and propofol
Apples and oranges3	Emergency medical systems
Apples and oranges: flaws and guffaws4	Salmeterol and ipratroprium
Comparing apples and oranges in the Plio-Pleistocene: methodological comments on meat-eating by early hominids at the FLK 22 Zinjanthropus site, Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania): an experimental approach using cut-mark data5	Self explanatory