simile

A type of egoticon.

HA! Now that's a simile!

Like an overripe beefsteak tomato rimmed with cottage cheese, the corpulent remains of Santa Claus lay dead on the hotel floor.

(B-L* entry by J.R. Davis)

*: Bulwer-Lytton contest

Just work on the DNA mutations to start with and we'll see where that leads us.

*Still having a difficult time coming up with a clever rejoinder, though*

Ah. I wasn't aware that there was a shirt called that. What an unfortunate appellation. It kind of looks like an undershirt worn by... Oh. Okay. I get it now.

Skipvia:

I suspect that bilby may be referring to the kind of shirt known as a wifebeater

I'm afraid I don't quite follow you, bilby...

Genetically, are you a wifebeater skip?

Although I know next to nothing about how DNA works, I find the image of a white T-shirt accumulating various different stains over time to be extremely vivid, and perhaps it really is a good way to visualize the mutations that accrue to DNA.

By the way, c_b, I have the greatest respect for you and find your comments to be (usually) insightful, witty, amiable, and to the point.

I was joking. It was right after I made a comment on another word page about American culture not being stultifyingly stupid. Then I read this. *sigh*

Oh c_b, you don't have to be afraid of me. I don't make a habit of kicking ursine buttocks! And really I don't know why you think I might.

A stained 'white' T-shirt.

So, metaphorically, the human genome is a stained T-shirt?

Oh god. Rolig's going to kick my ass... *cringing*

The worst simile I have read in quite some time:

"Over time, DNA accumulates random mutations, just as the front of a white T-shirt tends to accumulate spots."
Where is Human Evolution Heading?, US News and World Report

Metaphor's kid brother. He tries hard, but still doesn't have any friends.