~ Far-side Look At Descriptive Writing ~

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The hailstones leapt from the pavement - Just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease!

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Her face was a perfect oval - Like a circle that had its two other sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master!

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The agile Cat Burglar fell three stories, hitting the pavement - Like a paper bag filled with vegetable soup!

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Her hair glistened in the rain - Like nose hair after a sneeze!

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Her vocabulary was as bad as - Like, whatever!

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He was as tall as - A six-foot-three-inch tree!

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Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other - Like two freight trains, one having left North Station at 6:36pm travelling at 80 kph, the other from South Station at 4:19pm at a speed of 70 kph!

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The politician was gone and unnoticed - Like the full stop after the Dr. on a Dr Pepper can!

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John and Mary had never met. They were - Like two hummingbirds who had also never met!

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The thunder was ominous sounding - Much like the sound of a thin sheet of metal being shaken backstage during the storm scene in a play!

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The red brick wall was the colour - Of a brick-red crayon!

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Even in his last years, Grandpa had a mind like a steel trap - Only, one that had been left out so long it had rusted shut!

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Shots rang out - As shots are wont to do!

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The young fighter had a hungry look - The kind you get from not eating for while!

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