You may have seen, making the "frequent email" rounds, "Twenty-Eight Reasons Why English Teachers Die Young," a list of preposterous similes and metaphors allegedly written by high school students. The (new) legal writer says this email was actually made up of entries in two Washington Post contests (held in 1995 and 1999) to see who could write the most outrageous analogy. He lists some of his favorites (with citations to the source).
Another urban legend debunked. Gotta love it.
Also, gotta love all the examples listed. But this one really takes the cake: "She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs." I mean, it almost sounds like a parody of Ross Macdonald.
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