# 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:** 6
**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 24, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/101 "2008-06-24T20:18:37Z")
a golden ring peeking out from the sand of a river bottom in Middle-earth. More treacherous than… ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/102 "2008-06-24T21:29:56Z")
… the gold ring made from the [gold of the Rhinemaidens](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_the_nibelung). Sexier than… ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/103 "2008-06-24T21:59:54Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Sexier than… [/QUOTE] Vin Diesel emailing me a flirty picture of himself whose capture says David Schwimmer is on his way over to my house in a jokestrap to hand over a naked and willing Will Smith. Funkier than a . . . ---
**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 25, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/104 "2008-06-25T04:22:13Z")
George Clinton and Barry White jamming together on _Soul Train_ circa 1973. Tackier than… ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/105 "2008-06-25T04:26:13Z")
…a half dried paisley paint job. Smaller than… ---
**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 25, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/106 "2008-06-25T04:46:21Z")
…Helen Keller’s iPod menu. As confusing as… ---
**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 25, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/107 "2008-06-25T14:45:21Z")
IRS tax instructions translated into Urdu, then into Sanskrit, then back into English. More obscure than… ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/108 "2008-06-25T14:56:29Z")
… Linear B. More transparent 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 25, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/109 "2008-06-25T14:58:58Z")
a politician’s lies. More wizened than… ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/110 "2008-06-25T15:01:46Z")
…Amy Winehouse. Healthier than… Just had to get that crack in while she’s still alive. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/111 "2008-06-25T15:28:18Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Healthier than… [/QUOTE] a plate full of vegetables on a bed of brown rice with a side of crystal clear spring water served up by Tony Horton during a jazzercise class in sunny southern California. More synthetic 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 25, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/112 "2008-06-25T15:52:09Z")
a _Penthouse_ Pet’s cleavage. Bouncier than… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/113 "2008-06-25T15:59:18Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] a _Penthouse_ Pet’s cleavage. Bouncier than… [/QUOTE] a _Penthouse_ Pet’s cleavage. Oranger than… ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/114 "2008-06-25T16:14:35Z")
… Paris Hilton’s tan. Colder than… ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/115 "2008-06-25T18:02:25Z")
… that night spent naked under a blue plastic tarp among the cypress trees on the shore of the S.F. Bay. (don’t ask.) Tidier than… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/116 "2008-06-25T18:04:56Z")
an OCD off his medication. Blue-er than… ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/117 "2008-06-25T18:08:00Z")
… smurf village after Azrael caught, and ate, the only female. Dizzier than… ---
**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 25, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/118 "2008-06-25T18:09:40Z")
…a ballerina on a merry-go-round. As shrill as… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/119 "2008-06-25T18:13:34Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] …a ballerina on a merry-go-round. As shrill as… [/QUOTE] …a penny whistle with its testicles shut in a cold vice. As obvious as… ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272/120 "2008-06-25T19:31:13Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] …a penny whistle with its testicles shut in a cold vice. As obvious as… [/QUOTE] the nose on Jimmy Duracte’s face. As clean as . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-the-game/452272.md?page=7)