Sunday, May 13, 2007

Rejected Similes

In honor of the endearing Sunday Times Magazine trend piece about bands using Myspace. Reporter Clive Thompson states that when The Hold Steady made a Myspace,
curious fans were drawn in like iron filings to a magnet.

Other possible metaphors that are equally self-evident:
-Like electrons to a proton;
-Like the earth to anything that is denser than air;
-Like siamese twins in the womb.

At least use food, because it is not self-evident and people will be stricken with a new idea for something to eat:
-Like slices of bacon to a plate of scrambled eggs.

1 comment:

kh said...

Why not "like a plate of scrambled eggs to a sauteed chicken breast"?