These are supposed to be real metaphors used by High School students. Original Source: Unknown
Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its 2 other 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 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 dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it. --Joseph Romm, 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.comaaakk/ch@ung but gets T:flw.quidaaakk/ch@ung by mistake. --Ken Krattenmaker, Landover Hills
Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever. --Unknown
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, 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
A politician was gone but unnoticed, like the period after the Dr. on a Dr Pepper can. -- Wayne Goode, Madison,AL
There are more, but you get the idea. As I was trying to stop laughing I kept thinking about some of our webstory entries. At least we now know some things NOT to try, huh?
- KK
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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage." ... Plutarch