Feeling metaphorical

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Found a few good metaphors. By good, I mean bad. Really bad.

The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.

Bob was as perplexed as a hacker who means to access T:flw.quid55328.com\\aaakk/ch@ung but gets T:\\flw.quidaaakk/ch@ung by mistake.

Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.

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Dawud — Mon, 3 Mar 2008 - 09:46

She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches...

This metaphor works really well on only one level like a window cleaner who, whilst being adept with the tools of his trade, forgot his long arm and ladder.

McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty Bag filled with vegetable soup.

This made me want to laugh but also feel guilty for laughing, much like glimpsing the disillusioning of a small child after it tried to eat an ice cream only to suddenly loose it's grip and watch helplessly as the cone hit the floor.

Her date was pleasant enough, but she knew that if her life was a movie this guy would be buried in the credits as something like "Second Tall Man."

This one is actually quite good!

Seraphim — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 - 10:43

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

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