Now this is writing
Sometimes discovering that what you thought was legitimate is actually bogus doesn't lessen the enjoyment. Pam at Words at Work provides a list of purported "actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays" except that they probably aren't. Still, I can see myself reading them in a story and laughing outloud. A few of my favorites:
4. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli, and he was room-temperature Canadian beef.
5. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.
9. The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.
11. 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.
14. 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. travelling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.
17. He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was the East River.
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And my personal favorite:
As confused as a baby in a strip club.
Posted on December 24, 2007 1:49 PM
I'm Writing about your "One engine out" article found on page B2 today. Boeing did not mfg the DC9, It was built by Douglas. "DC" stands for Douglas Co. Additionaly, there are not "other engines". The DC9 is a twin engine aircraft with both engines located at the tail if the airplane. With this in mind, if one engine failes, well, you do the math.
Posted on January 4, 2008 7:53 PM