The 56 best/worst similes written for a Washington Post contest.
1. Her eyes were like two brown circles with big black dots in the center.
2. He was as tall as a 6”²3”³ tree.
3. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.
4. 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.
5. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.
6. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.
7. The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant. Many more
56. The sunset displayed rich, spectacular hues like a .jpeg file at 10 percent cyan, 10 percent magenta, 60 percent yellow and 10 percent black.
Sexual inequality is “The Mother of all Inequalities”.
Liberate female sexuality and you will eliminate racism, homophobia, financial greed, and violence.
Happy Weekend.
Libertarianism: MiracleGro for the feeble-minded.
Where as grey as frozen spit.
The World’s Worst Album Covers.
Answering the question, what did the editors listen to growing up.
Those made me laugh so hard, I sounded like a chicken squawking when it lays an egg!
and loved it, as it especially speaks to me…
Not that I like to annoy people, but that I am a grammar person (more like Dave Barry’s Mr. Language Person, but not as funny), always searching for specificity, clarity, comprehension.
“All I know is just what I read in the newspapers.” – Will Rogers
Biostatistics.