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Just some living examples of how bad we writers MIGHT become, someday, as we approach our dotage!!
ANALOGIES AND SIMILIES FOUND IN RECENT HIGH SCHOOL ESSAYS:
She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just
before
it throws up. - Susan Reese, Arlington
The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this
plan
just might work. - Malcolm Fleschner, Arlington
Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently
compressed by a Thigh Master. - Sue Lin Chong, Washington
His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like
underpants
in a dryer without Cling Free. - Chuck Smith, Woodbridge
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
gain. -
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
7:00 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 acc! ess
T:flw.quid55328.com\aaakk/
ch@ung but gets :\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
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,AL
They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences that
resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth. - Paul Kocak, Syracuse NY
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
The red brick wall was the color of a brick-red Crayola crayon. -
Unknown
He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was the East
River.
- Brian Broadus, Charlottesville
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. -
Sandra Hull, Arlington
The door had been forced, as forced as the dialogue during the interview
portion of "Jeopardy!" - Jean Sorensen, Herndon
Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do. - Jerry Pannullo, Kensington
The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for
awhile. - Malcolm Fleschner, Arlington
"Oh, Jason, take me!" she panted, her breasts heaving like a college
freshman on
$1-a-beer night. - Bonnie Speary Devore, Gaithersburg
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.
- John Kammer, Herndon
Her artistic sense was exquisitely refined, like someone who can tell butter
from I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. - Barbara Collier, Garrett Park
It came down the stairs looking very much like something no one had ever
seen
before. - Marian Carlsson, Lexington
The knife was as sharp as the tone used by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
(D-Tex.) in
her first several points of parliamentary procedure made to Rep. Henry Hyde
(R-Ill.) in the House Judiciary Committee hearings on the impeachment of
President William Jefferson Clinton. - J. F. Knowles, Springfield
The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg behind
her, like a dog at a fire hydrant. - Jennifer Hart, Arlington
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. - Paul J. Kocak, Syracuse
The dandelion swayed in the gentle breeze like an oscillating electric fan
set
on medium. - Unknown
It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power
tools. - Brian Broadus, Charlottesville
He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she
were a garbage truck backing up. - Susan Reese, Arlington
Her eyes were like limpid pools, only they had forgotten to put in any pH
cleanser. - Chuck Smith, Woodbridge
She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he was room-temperature
Canadian beef.! - Brian Broadus, Charlottesville
She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs. - Jonathan
Paul, Garrett Park
Her voice had that tense, grating quality, like a first-
generation thermal paper fax machine that needed a band tightened. -
Sue Lin Chong, Washington
It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the
wall.
- Brian Broadus, Charlottesville
She was as easy as the "TV Guide" crossword. - Tom Witte, Gaithersburg
"Always forgive your enemies...nothing annoys them quite so much." Oscar Wilde
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