I thought perhaps people would enjoy sharing some favorite similes that have been composed, or just read somewhere.

Forgive me, all, for returning to the original subject, but I just rediscovered what purports to be a list of winning entries in a "worst analogies ever written in an essay" contest. Here are just a few:

"She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches that used to dangle from screen doors and would fly up whenever you banged the door open again."

"Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a sneeze."

"The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease."

"John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met."