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Worst analogies ever written
These were said to be written by real high school students, but somehow I doubt that. Enjoy!
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From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an errie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and "jeopardy" comes on at 7 p.m. instead of 7:30.
He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.
The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlke Phil, this plan just might work.
Even in his last years, Granddaddy had a mind like a steel trap, only one that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut.
The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.
It came down the stairs looking very much like something no one had ever seen before.
He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up.
Long seprated 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. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.
He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was the East River.
John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.
The guy was gone, unnoticed, like the period after Dr. on a Dr Pepper can.
His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like t-shirts in a dryer
without Cling Free.
Her eyes were like limpid pools, only they had forgotten to put in any ph cleanser.
It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the wall.
Her eyes were like two brown circles with big black dots in the center.
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Keep'em flying
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The lamp just sat there, like an inanimate object.
She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he was room-temperature Canadian beef.
Her pants fit her like a glove, well, maybe more like a mitten, actually.
The sunset displayed rich, spectacular hues like a .jeg file at 10% cyan, 10% magenta, 60% yellow and 10% black.
Fishing is like waiting for something that does not happen very often.
The dandelion swayed in the gentle breeze like an oscillating electric fan set on medium.
The ballerina rose gracefuly on pointe and extended one leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.
The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM.
and finally
The sardines were packed as tight as the coach section of a 747.[/list]
Keep'em flying
