things to use as the tail end of an analogy

[Ythan]

...like a mango in the night

[hellbooks]

Another one I use a lot in my head is ...like Eurydice

[ORAM]

...like a Prince Rupert's drop

[ORAM]

...like how the vocals on the line "radio blah blah" sound stretched out on Radio Ga Ga

[hellbooks]

...like a corner piece

[hellbooks]

...like the surprising color of caprisun

[ORAM]

...like hanging out with friends at 1 am

[Ythan]

...like a movie about struggling actors

...like a book about a struggling writer

[schadd_]

...like doing one more quick hand-dirtying task right before you were about to wash your hands

[tris]

...like a document titled "secret journal" saved to the desktop

[hellbooks]

...like trying not to get called on in class

[schadd_]

...like washing your hands before taking a shower

[hellbooks]

...like a teacup trembling on its saucer

[schadd_]

...like the mini-punchline that's always in the second panel of the long-form calvin and hobbes strips

[hellbooks]

...like a cracked-open cattail

[Jake The Wolfie]

..like using a quote from "things to say as the tail end of an analogy" as the tail end of an analogy

[Isis]

... like explaining en passant.

[schadd_]

...like getting a shovel dirty

[tris]

...like a pumpkin without a patch

[schadd_]

...like the level of water depth where it becomes faster to swim than to try to run

[Ythan]

I wonder what depth that is

[Skygazer]

...like unnecessarily coming to a complete stop before entering a traffic circle

...like unnecessarily coming to a complete stop before exiting a traffic circle

...like following a person who

really

doesn't understand traffic circles through seven traffic circles

[Ircher]

...like misreading this thread as things to use at the tail end of an apology

[Ythan]

I keep almost making that thread but can't come up with enough good ones for an op.

[tris]

...like a falling piano