# Analogies: the game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 8, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272 "2008-06-08T22:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/1 "2008-06-08T22:36:53Z")
Analogies used to be a parlor game back before radio, TV, and Wii. A host would call out an adjective and a conjunction or preposition (e.g. “busier than”) and a player would have to respond with either an old classic (“a one legged man at an ass kicking contest” or “a mule at harvest”) or make up a new one. So for this game, respond to the previous analogy and then give the adjective for the next person. Okay to use a known analogy but originals are super welcome. I’ll start: **Awkward as** … Monticello on Father’s Day. **Nervous as…** ---
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/2 "2008-06-08T22:46:54Z")
\*\*Nervous as \*\* . . . a whore in church. (I like the classics.) \*\*Hotter than \*\* . . . ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/3 "2008-06-08T22:53:32Z")
**Hotter than . . .** a freshly-baked apple pie on the surface of the sun. \*\*Tight as . . . \*\* ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/4 "2008-06-08T23:00:14Z")
[QUOTE=Randy Seltzer] \*\*Tight as . . . \*\* [/QUOTE] …a one-legged ballerina. Wet as… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/5 "2008-06-08T23:18:02Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] …a one-legged ballerina. Wet as… [/QUOTE] the back of an illegal immigrant on the Titanic. Dumber than… ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/6 "2008-06-08T23:20:39Z")
…a box of rocks. Classics, gotta love 'em. Prettier than… ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/7 "2008-06-09T04:55:47Z")
Prettier than a hundred dollar bill you find in a second hand coat pocket… More ironic than… ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/8 "2008-06-09T05:00:08Z")
[QUOTE=Full Metal Lotus] More ironic than… [/QUOTE] …an Alanis Morisette analogy that misuses the word “irony.” Sadder than… ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/9 "2008-06-10T03:25:55Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] Sadder than… [/QUOTE] …the xkcd [hat guy without his hat](http://xkcd.com/377/). More fannish than… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/10 "2008-06-10T05:54:36Z")
More fannish than… a Trekkie at Leonard Nimoy’s yard sale. More fanatical than… ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/11 "2008-06-10T07:48:58Z")
…an evangelical at a Wiccan convention. Goofier than… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/12 "2008-06-10T14:20:54Z")
…Gomer Pyle on laughing gas. Cooler than … ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/13 "2008-06-10T14:26:09Z")
James Dean’s leather jacket. Healthier than… ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/14 "2008-06-10T17:35:34Z")
…a tofu salad. Wilder than… ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/15 "2008-06-10T19:14:36Z")
…Gene Wilder and Laura Ingalls Wilder put together. Filthier than… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/16 "2008-06-10T19:39:02Z")
a plumber and his pig after they jump into an open sewer. Cleaner than… ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/17 "2008-06-10T19:53:05Z")
…Joss Whedon’s ass after a Science Fiction Convention. Cold as… ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/18 "2008-06-10T19:54:51Z")
…the northern ball on a west-bound polar bear. Deeper than… ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/19 "2008-06-10T22:46:35Z")
… the _Trieste_ for twenty minutes in 1960. Rocking more than… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/20 "2008-06-10T22:53:56Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Rocking more than… [/QUOTE] …a veranda full of geezers. Sweeter than … [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272.md?page=2)