They’re learning something in school, but what?
Bookworm on Jun 04 2008 at 7:54 am | Filed under: Silly Stuff
Judy Rose, who blogs at Writing English, has a very funny post up today, which collects a series of anguished analogies from high school student essays (or so we’re told). Some examples:
His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.
She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.
Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.
If you want to get your morning off to a very amusing start, you can read the rest here.
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When my husband and I first read these analogies, we really knew what kids mean when they text ROTFLUTS (rolling on the floor laughing unable to speak). Precisely! So I couldn’t keep them to myself. Thanks for the link, and for spreading the laughter. I hope your readers like them.
They write quite stupidly like scholars who don’t want to be accused of plagiarism when using a simile. I bet they won’t.
This stuff is ingenious.
Yes, this was good entertainment. As a former math teacher, I liked a train problem being put in. In terms of incongruity, the ballet dancer and the dog win the contest. I liked Helen’s contribution to the genre.
Will there be “stupid simile” contests in the future?
“It was a dark and stormy night, like trying to see through a shaken glass of Mississippi River water. ”
That’s a twofer.
Check this out Book, very funny.