great post on funambula
about a collection of analogies and metaphors
submitted by english teachers
found in high school essays

below are my favourites

enjoy!

Her face was a perfect oval,
like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed
by a Thigh Master

She grew on him like she was a colony of E. Coli,
and he was room-temperature Canadian beef.

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 machine.

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.
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.

The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe
and extended one slender leg behind her,
like a dog at a fire hydrant.

hilarious!

hope your day includes some time for yourself,

-m