Ewen Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Dodgy analogies, silly similes & crazy metaphors ~ Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master. ~ His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like socks in a dryer without Cling Free. ~ He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it. ~ She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he was room-temperature Canadian beef. ~ She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up. ~ Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever. ~ He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree. ~ The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't. ~ From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30. ~ Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze. ~ The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease. ~ Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. travelling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph. ~ John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met. ~ He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was the East River. ~ Even in his last years, Grandpappy had a mind like a steel trap, only one that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut. ~ The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work. ~ The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while. ~ The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant. ~ He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up. ~ She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs. ~ It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the wall. ~ He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 ~ She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs. ~ It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the wall. Oh, man - them had me in tears! So funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Thanks Ewen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Ace!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Cracking!! Like a lot of them. H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 These are good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStormRising Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 At a guess i'd say mostly American students..! Am I right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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