Jedi Richard Thorne Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Every year, English teachers from across the country can submit theircollections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays.These excerpts are published each year to the amusement of teachers acrossthe country. Here are last year's winners.....1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sidesgently compressed by a Thigh Master.2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking allianceslike underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.3. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like aguy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of thoseboxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at highschools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse, without one ofthose boxes with a pinhole in it.4. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. Coli, and he wasroom-temperature Canadian beef.5. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makesjust before it throws up.6. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.7. He was as tall as a six-foot, three-inch tree.8. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegratedbecause of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at aformerly surcharge-free ATM machine.9. The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way abowling ball wouldn't.10. McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bagfilled with vegetable soup.11. From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had aneerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city andJeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30.12. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.13. The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots whenyou fry them in hot grease.14. Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced acrossthe grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having leftCleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.15. They lived in a typical suburban neighbourhood with picket fencesthat resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth.16. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds whohad also never met.17. He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant, and she wasthe East River.18. Even in his last years, Granddad had a mind like a steel trap,only one that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut.19. Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do.20. The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil,this plan just might work.21. The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from noteating for a while.22. 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 mineor something.23. The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one slenderleg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.24. It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids aroundwith power tools.25. He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells,as if she were a garbage truck backing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narrator Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 My favorites, simply laugh out loud funny....,,<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->10. McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bagfilled with vegetable soup.,,11. From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had aneerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city andJeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->The first for its visual impact and the second from experience..I ahte being away in AZ and finding that all my shows start one hour earlier in that god forsaken place.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-Kara Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 12. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.That is just DISGUSTING!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Richard Thorne Posted August 14, 2006 Author Share Posted August 14, 2006 Quote:12. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.That is just DISGUSTING!!! Too true there.I find myself hoping that #6 is deliberate, because it shows a great deal of hilarious irony; if it's not deliberate, then I fear for the sanity of the poor teacher who submitted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-Kara Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I would imagine that it was deliberate. I thought one was one of the more intelligent ones on the list. #20. Made me laugh because I think every family has an uncle like this Uncle Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaelan Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 4. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. Coli, and he wasroom-temperature Canadian beef.Reminds me of my ex-girlfriend... She started off looking good but then she did a 360 on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rama Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 MMMMMMmmmmm......yummy! Canadian Beef...of course you realize its really yak, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-Kara Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 ??? I wonder about you boys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rama Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 And we wonder about you too Ms. Kara! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rama Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 <!--sizeo:4--><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Yo!<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><!--sizeo:5--><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--> Kaelan!!! <!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->When are you gonna jump in tha action?!?!? While we're young please... (What? Chronos is expensive...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-Kara Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Quote:And we wonder about you too Ms. Kara! There really isn't much to wonder about... I just have to remember that a lot of what I say is taken literally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaelan Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I am around. Your paths and mine have not crossed just yet. I know that story teller has something juicy planned for me. He keeps on sending irritants my way but the dice are with me right now. I have a keen interest in your group and I have been monitoring your progress. Exciting times are up ahead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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