Tag: metaphors

Overheard: 62 yr old male

“Dan’s here…he took a mop in your jukebox.”

Mmm-bop

Think about the lyrics, and you will realize that Mmm-bop is the unfunniest metaphor for death.

Pettin’ the zebra

‘Pettin’ the zebra’ is a metaphor for being stuffed and mounted, and, more specifically, dead; it was coined by my brothers. They were discussing how unwise it would be to ever attempt to burglarize the house of one of our relatives (the relative in question is a hunter and a taxidermist). While he has a …

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