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

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    • mclaincauseyM
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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
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        As cool as the other side of the pillow 😎

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

          WTB
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          Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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          • mclaincauseyM
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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
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              The dry delivery makes it:

              Highlight #7 at 40 seconds

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              • MattM
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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
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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
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                      @Giles that ones originally from Blackadder 🙂

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                      • GilesG
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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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