Worst Analogies Ever
Written
Originally from a Washington Post
Contest
Submitted by Jenny LikensWinners of the "worst
analogies ever written in a high school
essay" contest. (Actually most of them are
similes --but... whatever...)
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. (Joseph Romm,
Washington)
She caught your
eye like one of those pointy hook latches that
used to dangle from screen doors and would fly up
whenever you banged the door open again. (Rich
Murphy, Fairfax Station)
The little boat
gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a
bowling ball wouldn't. (Russell Beland,
Springfield)
McBride fell 12
stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty Bag
filled with vegetable soup. (Paul Sabourin,
Silver Spring)
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 p.m. instead of 7:30. (Roy Ashley,
Washington)
Her hair
glistened in the rain like nose hair after a
sneeze. (Chuck Smith, Woodbridge)
Her eyes were
like two brown circles with big black dots in the
center. (Russell Beland, Springfield)
Bob was as
perplexed as a hacker who means to access
T:flw.quid55328.com\aaakk/ch@ung but gets
T:\flw.quidaaakk/ch@ung by mistake (Ken
Krattenmaker, Landover Hills)
Her vocabulary
was as bad as, like, whatever. (Unknown)
He was as tall
as a six-foot-three-inch tree. (Jack Bross, Chevy
Chase)
The hailstones
leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when
you fry them in hot grease. (Gary F. Hevel,
Silver Spring)
Her date was
pleasant enough, but she knew that if her life
was a movie this guy would be buried in the
credits as something like "Second Tall
Man." (Russell Beland, Springfield)
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. traveling at 55 mph, the other from
Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.
(Jennifer Hart, Arlington)
The politician
was gone but unnoticed, like the period after the
Dr. on a Dr Pepper can. (Wayne Goode, Madison,
Ala.)
They lived in a
typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences
that resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth (Paul
Kocak, Syracuse, N.Y.)
John and Mary
had never met. They were like two hummingbirds
who had also never met. (Russell Beland,
Springfield)
The thunder was
ominous-sounding, much like the sound of a thin
sheet of metal being shaken backstage during the
storm scene in a play. (Barbara Fetherolf,
Alexandria)
His thoughts
tumbled in his head, making and breaking
alliances like underpants in a dryer without
Cling Free (Chuck Smith, Woodbridge)
The red brick
wall was the color of a brick-red Crayola crayon.
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Cat
Humor
Submitted by Dr. Jenny Likens
In Honor of the
Christmas decorations I saw at the mall today.
10/1/98
Cats'
Top Ten Favorite Christmas Songs
10. Up on the Mousetop
9. Have Yourself a Furry Little Christmas
8. Joy to the Curled
7. I Saw Mommy Hiss at Santa Claus
6. The First Meow
5. Oh, Come All Ye Fishful
4. Silent Mice
3. Fluffy, the Snowman
2. Jingle Balls
1. Wreck the Halls!
Comparisons
Between Cats and Women
1. Cats do what
they want, when they want.
2. They rarely listen to you.
3. They're totally unpredictable.
4. They whine when they are not happy.
5. When you want to play they want to be left
alone.
6. When you want to be alone, they want to play.
7. They expect you to cater to their every whim.
8. They're moody.
9. They leave their hair everywhere.
10. They drive you nuts.
Conclusion: Cats are little tiny women in cheap
fur coats!
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TOP TEN
REASONS GOD CREATED EVE.....
Submitted by Patti Crist
10. God worried
that Adam would always be lost in the garden
because men hate to ask for directions.
9. God knew that
Adam would one day need someone to hand him the
TV remote. (Men don't want to see what's ON
television, they want to see WHAT ELSE is on!)
8. God knew that
Adam would never buy a new fig leaf when his wore
out and would therefore need Eve to get one for
him.
7. God knew that
Adam would never make a doctor's appointment for
himself.
6. God knew that
Adam would never remember which night was garbage
night.
5. God knew that
if the world was to be populated, men would never
be able to handle childbearing.
4. As
"Keeper of the Garden," Adam would
never remember where he put his tools.
3. The scripture
account of creation indicates Adam needed someone
to blame his troubles on when God caught him
hiding in the garden.
2. As the Bible
says, "It is not good for man to be
alone!"
AND THE NUMBER
ONE REASON GOD CREATED EVE........
1. When God
finished the creation of Adam, He stepped back,
scratched His head and said, "I can do
better than that!"
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