# 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:** 5

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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, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/81 "2008-06-12T19:18:19Z")

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…a haberno pepper bikini model.

Shinier than…  
EDIT: To spice things up a bit.

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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, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/82 "2008-06-12T19:23:05Z")

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…Mal and Jayne when a job goes right 😃 😉  
More glorious than…

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/83 "2008-06-12T19:24:17Z")

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[QUOTE=Wargamer]

Shinier than…  
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…a miser’s pants.

Furrier 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, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/84 "2008-06-12T22:07:31Z")

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More glorius and furry than a tiger cub in a Siamese palace.

More boring 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 13, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/85 "2008-06-13T12:22:41Z")

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…than an opera with a happy ending.

As entertaining as…

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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 13, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/86 "2008-06-13T12:41:15Z")

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[QUOTE=Wargamer]  
…than an opera with a happy ending.

As entertaining as…  
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…The God Father parts I and II but not III

As fearful 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 13, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/87 "2008-06-13T15:53:22Z")

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a mouse at a cat convention.

More bloated than…

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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 13, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/88 "2008-06-13T16:11:23Z")

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… Jared, before Subway

As flimsy 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 13, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/89 "2008-06-13T16:19:36Z")

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prewar intelligence.

More sympathetic than…

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**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 14, 2008, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/90 "2008-06-14T09:40:57Z")

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more sympathetic than a conman, talking to a rich widow…

Higher than…

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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 14, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/91 "2008-06-14T13:42:50Z")

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…Tommy Chong

Less appealing 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 14, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/92 "2008-06-14T13:49:00Z")

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…Tommy Chong.  
Tastier than…

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/93 "2008-06-14T14:53:53Z")

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[QUOTE=OtakuLoki]  
Tastier than…  
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A Philly cheesesteak.

Less appealing 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 14, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/94 "2008-06-14T14:59:52Z")

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…a granite banana

As drunk as…

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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 14, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/95 "2008-06-14T15:19:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic]  
…a granite banana

As drunk as…  
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…a visitor to New Orleans on his 4th Mardi Gra parade in 2 days.

As verbose as …

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/96 "2008-06-14T17:52:54Z")

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[QUOTE=What Exit?]  
…a visitor to New Orleans on his 4th Mardi Gra parade in 2 days.

As verbose as …  
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as a conversation between William Faulkner and Jean Anouilh.

As difficult 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 14, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/97 "2008-06-14T20:27:06Z")

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…Chinese calculus.

As randy as…

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**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 15, 2008, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/98 "2008-06-15T10:51:35Z")

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Bill clinton, now that the pressure is off…

More indefinite 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 15, 2008, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/99 "2008-06-15T11:02:51Z")

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…the life expectancy of temporary government structures, be they legislative, bureaucratic, or physical.

More fleeting than…

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/100 "2008-06-15T11:18:28Z")

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[QUOTE=OtakuLoki]  
More fleeting than…  
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… my thought process when – oh look, shiny!

Shinier than …

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