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The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.
McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty Bag filled with vegetable soup. How visual is that?!
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. I know exactly what he means.
Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a sneeze. Ewww.
Her eyes were like two brown circles with big black dots in the center.
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. One of my favorites.
Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.
He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.
The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.
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." Another favorite.
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. Ack! 7th grade math! I hated story problems.
The politician was gone but unnoticed, like the period after the Dr. on a Dr Pepper can.
They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences that resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth. Another ewww.
John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met. *Snort*
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.
His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free. Slightly disturbing visual.
The red brick wall was the color of a brick-red Crayola crayon. I can clearly see the color of this wall!
Can anyone come up with more?
10 comments:
LOL, Kendra. Do you want more good ones or bad ones?
The day was as gray and gritty as a Kansas dust storm.
The wind was so strong the trees flapped and popped like laundry on a clothes line.
Her face paled one shade whiter than skim milk.
Kendra, I personally think the "Second Tall Man" in the movie credits line is absolutely perfect. I see nothing wrong with it!
As for me? If I gave you ones I thought were good and you congratulated me on how bad they were, I'd have to swallow my hurt and pretend I meant them to be bad all along.
Too dangerous.
Fun blog.
Oh, I remember those! A few years ago, they were the subject of many an email from my RMFW group. Ha!
Okay, I'll give it a go. I love similes:
His arm popped from his shoulder like the cork from a bottle of New Year's champaign.
His mouth was so dry it felt like fur had grown thick on his tongue and he'd need to comb it just to swallow.
The sky was blacker than cousin Harry's black eye after he tangled with a hooker whose pimp beat him to a bloody pulp.
Paty, yours are very clear and concise and would not distract and yank me out of a story like the examples do. Nice job.
Alice, I love the tall man analogy! I've dated that man. And I know what you mean about interpretation. I will comment very carefully. lol.
Karen, I have to add...there's a condition in dentristry called "black hairy tongue." I forget the proper name. It looks exactly like the name suggests. Thankfully I've only seen it in books. Usually found in smokers or people with poor oral hygiene where the "flora" of the mouth gets out of balance and the papillae of the tongue grow and grow to resemble....you know. Everybody ready for breakfast?
Kendra, ew! Breakfast is over, thank you. Ugh.
OH MY HECK!
"Black Hairy Tongue"??!!
So, it's hair-like mold spores growing on the surface of one's tongue?!!
KILL ME NOW!!!
I have nothing more to add. I'm going upstairs to brush my tongue, yet again. You know, just in case... *shudder*
Just for Becky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hairy_tongue
Personally, I really like the vegetable soup hefty bag one. *grin*
And since I tend to use "whatever" I really liked the vocab one.
Actually, written in a snarky way (moi?!), some of these could be really good (and funny!!!)
Great post. Thanks for the chuckle. I'm avoiding the link you posted for Becky though...
*shudder*
Okay, that was just, WRONG! But thanks for the link so I could check it out. ;)
Love these! Thanks for the chuckle and I, too, will skip the details on the hairy tongue.
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