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    Don't you just love a similie.....

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    • IH-GARYI
      IH-GARY
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      Shaking like a shitting dog

      My contribution, to urban blues…

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      • RossR
        Ross
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        I remember watching an Episode of the Hairy Bikers a number of years ago where they described some sort of dessert they were making as "Smoother than an estate agent's brochure" and it's really tickled me ever since

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        • BrianB
          Brian
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          my father in law would always say when asked how he was doing
          flat out like a lizard drinking

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          • MattM
            Matt
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            • mclaincauseyM
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              West Side Story vibes 🤣

              Think it, be it.

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              • popvultureP
                popvulture
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                One of my faves was, if I recall correctly, Ron Wood talking about Rod Stewart being cheap.

                "Rod's tight as two coats of paint."

                WTB
                IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                • mclaincauseyM
                  mclaincausey
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                  What’s a meta for?

                  “A simile is, like, a metaphor.”
                  —Stephen Wright

                  Just thought of a favorite from the literary realm, the opening line of Neuromancer by William Gibson (an Iron Heart fan, I should note):

                  “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

                  (Not gonna fight anyone about the absence of “like/as”). Talk about a great noir opening that stands the test of time even as though its original intent is dated to a very specific, obsolete technology that younger readers may not understand.

                  Think it, be it.

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                  • Sir_Cuffs-a-LotS
                    Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                    The Unwoven
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                    As cool as the other side of the pillow 😎

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                    • popvultureP
                      popvulture
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                      @mclaincausey haha I don't think we're really pedants around here about anything other than denim

                      WTB
                      IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                      Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                      • mclaincauseyM
                        mclaincausey
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                        @popvulture and even if we were, I’d still be right 😉

                        https://homework.study.com/explanation/does-a-simile-have-to-use-like-or-as.html

                        Think it, be it.

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                        • Tago MagoT
                          Tago Mago
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                          The dry delivery makes it:

                          Highlight #7 at 40 seconds

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                          • MattM
                            Matt
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                            @popvulture maybe just one pedant.

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                            • GilesG
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                              Spanish GP commentary.......

                              As angry as a mosquito in a mannequin store

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • GilesG
                                Giles
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                                "More cunning than a fox who is the professor of cunning at Oxford university" David Croft - Sky F1 commentator.....

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                • LewisStonehouseL
                                  LewisStonehouse
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                                  @Giles that ones originally from Blackadder 🙂

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                                  • GilesG
                                    Giles
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                                    Plagiarism is the best…….

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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