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 speaking at high schools about
the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes
with a pinhole in it.
—Joseph Romm, Washington
She caught your eye like one of those pointy
hook latches that used to dangle from screen doors and would fly
up whenever you banged the door open again.
—Rich Murphy, Fairfax Station
The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't. —Russell Beland, Springfield
McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty Bag filled with vegetable soup. —Paul Sabourin, Silver Spring
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 PM instead of 7:30.
—Roy Ashley, Washington
Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair
after a sneeze.
—Chuck Smith, Woodbridge
Her eyes were like two brown circles with big
black dots in the center.
—Russell Beland, Springfield
Bob was as perplexed as a hacker who means to
accessT:flw. quid55328. com\aaakk/ch@ung but gets T:\flw. quidaaakk/ch@ung
by mistake
—Ken Krattenmaker, Landover Hills
Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever. —Unknown
He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.
—Jack Bross, Chevy Chase
The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just
like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.
—Gary F. Hevel, Silver Spring
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. "
—Russell Beland, Springfield
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 PM. traveling
at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 PM. at a speed of 35 mph.
—Jennifer Hart, Arlington
The politician was gone but unnoticed, like
the period after the Dr. on a Dr Pepper can.
—Wayne Goode, Madison, AL
They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood
with picket fences that resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth
—Paul Kocak, Syracuse, NY
John and Mary had never met. They were like
two humming birds who had also never met.
—Russell Beland, Springfield
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 Fetherolf, Alexandria
His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and
breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free
—Chuck Smith, Woodbridge
The red brick wall was the color of a brick-red Crayola crayon —Unknown
