Divorce: Future tense of marriage
Cigarette: A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool on the other
Lecture: an art of transferring information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through the minds of either
Conference: the confusion of one man multiplied by the number present
Compromise: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he got the biggest piece.
Tears: the hydaulic force by which masculine will-power is defeated by feminine water power.
Yawn: The only time some married men ever get to open their mouths.
Etc. : A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.
Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together
Experience: The name men give to their mistakes.
Diplomat: A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip
Father: A banker provided by nature
Doctor: A person who kills you ills by pills and kills you with his bills.
Reasons why English teachers die young
(Analogies and metaphors found in compositions of English Language students)
- Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides compressed by a ThighMaster.
- She had a deep throaty laugh, like the sound a dog makes before it throws up
- He was as tall as a 6foot 3inch tree
- The boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.
- He fell 12 storeys, hitting the pavement like a hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.
- Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.
- The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.
- John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.
- Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do.
- The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan might just work.
- He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he though he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up.
- She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs
- The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.
- It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the wall.
- Her eyes were like 2 goldfish swimming around.