02/26/26 - MORE "Worst Analogies
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[Published on this date 25 years ago, these are the winners from a 2000 state-wide contest in high school English for the WORST analogy.]
Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever. (Alyssa N)
He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree. (Jack B)
The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease. (Gary F)
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. (Jennifer H)
The politician was gone but unnoticed, like the period after the Dr. on a Dr Pepper can. (Wayne G)
They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences that resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth (Paul K)
John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met. (Naomi P)
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. (Barbara F)
His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free (Charles W)
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Dr. Bob Griffin
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