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more about #metaphors more comments → Phyllis Nefler: Man, this only makes me miss the RickRielly Twitter account that much more. It was hotter than Al Davis's breath. #rickreilly more » P. Escobar, Jets Fan: The blood flow to Stu Scott's left eye is colder than the other side of the pillow. #rickreilly more » David Hume: The carpet was dyed with a perfect amount of authentic kashmir brown pigment, making it as flawlessly tan as... [thinking] a sun bleached cat turd? ... more » HockeyMountain: The Titans season is falling apart so thoroughly they're now the Tennessee 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. more » ClintonPortishead: The Colts have won fourteen of their last fifteen games. Peyton Manning is hotter than Tommy Craggs reading a referendum for a publicly-financed stadi... more » Tony Reali's Winning Smile: tj there's a 6 year-old-boy floating away in a balloon 7,000 feet up and moving at a couple hundred miles an hour live on CNN. /tj more » ArkansasFred: Would anyone really be surprised if Reilly like just discovered Indian food this week, snapped his fingers and said "Get ready to be browbeaten with t... more » Bobby Big Wheel: Sadly, Pistol Pete is still colder than Eskimo poontang. #rickreilly more » Steve U: Needs more black-and-white horizontal striped bodysuit and oversized barbells. #foodmetaphors more » ArkansasFred: I predict the "Slutty Bob Raissman" will be a popular Halloween costume. #foodmetaphors more » Hit Bull Win Steak: Is that a moustache or did he get a Dirty Sanchez from Bigfoot? more » DirkToberFest: I think I've seen this man somewhere else. #foodmetaphors more » dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac: Raissman: Yeah, hi. I'll have a bacon, egg and 401K on postseason roll. deli guy: You want salt, pepper ketchup? Raissman: Just a tractor, please. ... more » Chamomiles Davis: This is what happens when you substitute absinthe for mustache wax. #foodmetaphors more » P. Escobar, Jets Fan: And sometimes you have to crack open that roll to use a few quarters for the vibrating bed in the motel. #foodmetaphors more » -
#mediameltdowns
A Children's Treasury Of Rick Reilly®'s Heat-Related Similes
Rick Reilly®, who yesterday brought word that Colt McCoy's girlfriend is "hotter than shrimp vindaloo," has long shown a fondness for thermodynamic analogy. We've collected a few examples, with helpful visual accompaniment. More » -
#mediameltdowns
Your Food/Finance/Heavy Construction Metaphor Of The Day
"[W]hen a team gets on a postseason roll, it usually produces a steamroller effect. Sometimes the roll goes stale, but if you get a fast bite after it leaves the oven, it still tastes good and pays dividends." [NYDailyNews.com] -
#duan
Metaphor As Illness: Whitlock, Train Rides And The Pursuit Of "Strange Tang"
Since the deaths of Steve McNair and Arturo Gatti, the world has turned its misty eyes to the prose of Jason Whitlock, who has made sense of it all by analogizing crazily and discoursing on "strange tang" and "young tail." More » -
#politics
Diagramming Sarah Palin's "Full-Court Press" Metaphor
Last Friday, Sarah Palin shrugged into her respectable Republican cloth coat and announced she was resigning from office. Along the way, she dropped a somewhat baffling basketball analogy, which we've helpfully diagrammed for you below, just as Palin described it.
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