[Published on this date 25 years ago, these are the winners fro=
m a 2000 state-wide contest in high school English for the WORST analogy. M=
ore tomorrow]
He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, =
like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one =
of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speakin=
g at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without o=
ne of those boxes with a pinhole in it. (Joseph R)
She caught your eye li=
ke one of those pointy hook latches that used to dangle from screen doors a=
nd would fly up whenever you banged the door open again. (Rich M)
The littl=
e boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn=
‘t. (Robert B)
McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty B=
ag filled with vegetable soup. (Paul S)
From the attic came an unearthly ho=
wl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you’re on vaca=
tion in another city and "Jeopardy" comes on at 7 p.m. instead of=
7:30. (Roy A)
Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a sneeze=
=2E (Chuck S)
Her eyes were like two brown circles with big black dots in t=
he center. (Russ E)
Bob was as perplexed as a hacker who means to access T:=
\flw.d55328.com\aaakk/ch@ung but gets T:\flw.quidaaakk/ch@ung by mistake (K=
en K)
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Dr. Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
“My =
sins, they are many. His mercy is more.”