# Analogies: the game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272>\
**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:** 4

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/61 "2008-06-11T20:09:28Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
Silly String.

Once again,

More fun than…  
[/QUOTE]

a roll of bubble wrap, a pair of clogs and a hardwood floor.  
(oops- didn’t switch over to page 2.)

As unobservant as…

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/62 "2008-06-11T20:10:05Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
More ridiculous than…  
[/QUOTE]

Appointing Nancy Grace to the Supreme Court.

More paranoid than…

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/63 "2008-06-11T20:11:56Z")

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[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen]  
As unobservant as…  
[/QUOTE]

Helen Keller while balancing her checkbook.

And I’ll stick with “more paranoid than” to rejoin the threads.

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**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/64 "2008-06-11T20:13:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Sampiro]  
And I’ll stick with “more paranoid than” to rejoin the threads.  
[/QUOTE]

… Batman! if he’s prepared…

More trusting than…

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/65 "2008-06-11T20:26:03Z")

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[QUOTE=OtakuLoki]  
… Batman! if he’s prepared…

More trusting than…  
[/QUOTE]

…a baby goat

Stickier than …

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/66 "2008-06-11T20:36:44Z")

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[QUOTE=What Exit?]  
…a baby goat

Stickier than …  
[/QUOTE]

A very pointy stick, sticking out of a jar of glue.

Louder than…

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/67 "2008-06-11T20:37:40Z")

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[QUOTE=What Exit?]  
Stickier than …  
[/QUOTE]

**Cajun Man** ’s disclaimer about real-life meetings of members.

More esoteric than…

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/68 "2008-06-11T20:44:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
**Cajun Man** ’s disclaimer about real-life meetings of members.

More esoteric than…  
[/QUOTE]

Chinese Kabbalism.

Gayer than…

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/69 "2008-06-11T20:54:16Z")

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[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic]  
Chinese Kabbalism.

Gayer than…  
[/QUOTE]

A tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide. (_From Terry Pratchett’s GOOD OMENS_.)

Holier than…

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/70 "2008-06-11T20:59:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Sampiro]  
Holier than…  
[/QUOTE]

A nun taking a bubble bath in holy water. On Sunday. While eating a sundae.

Colder than…

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/71 "2008-06-11T21:12:25Z")

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…a hangman’s heart.

Darker than…

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**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/72 "2008-06-11T21:33:43Z")

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[QUOTE=pravnik]  
Darker than…  
[/QUOTE]

…the hopes and spirits of the poor retail drones working at Filene’s Basement when they open for the [Bridal Gown Sale](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filene%27s_Basement#Filene.27s_Basement_Bridal_Gown_Sale).  
More nauseating than…

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**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 12, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/73 "2008-06-12T04:37:59Z")

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a Pauly Shore film marathon.

This thread reminds me of Phoebe’s criticism of her overly-cheerful boyfriend (Alec Baldwin) on _Friends_: “You’re jollier than Santa Claus… on Prozac… in Vegas… getting laid!” 😃

More satisfying than…

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**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/74 "2008-06-12T15:00:04Z")

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…a triple fudge sundae with whipped cream.

Steamier than…

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**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 12, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/75 "2008-06-12T15:07:27Z")

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a sauna date with Katherine Heigl, Keira Knightley and Nikki Cox.

More playful than…

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/76 "2008-06-12T15:37:51Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
a sauna date with Katherine Heigl, Keira Knightley and Nikki Cox.

More playful than…  
[/QUOTE]  
…a puppy in a shoe store.

More brazen than…

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**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 12, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/77 "2008-06-12T16:25:23Z")

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…a brass monkey’s ear.

Crooked as…

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/78 "2008-06-12T16:59:29Z")

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[QUOTE=Lemur866]  
…a brass monkey’s ear.

Crooked as…  
[/QUOTE]

…Nixon’s dick.

As classy as…

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/79 "2008-06-12T17:10:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic]  
…Nixon’s dick.

As classy as…  
[/QUOTE]

…Queen Latifah singing “I Know Where I’ve Been” (in the movie Hairspray)

As unbelieveable as…

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**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 12, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/80 "2008-06-12T17:14:16Z")

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McCain’s declarations of independence from the President.

As spicy as…

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