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A couple of threads ran through the contest as a whole. It was impossible to miss an aversion to polticians and to government in general. Hundreds of entries were to this effect: as flimsy as a polticiah’s promise...as laughable as a politician’s promise... the politican’s platform was about as solid as a two-minute egg.
On a lighter note, it appeared evident that schoolchildren have an aversion to meat loaf and fruitcake, and to almost anything cooked by an older sister. “My grandma’s fruitcake is as bard as bricks.” “My sister’s biscuits are harder than hockey pucks.” “The cafeteria meat loaf is harder than cinderblocks and tastes about he same.” _A
Hyenas! How did the idea of a laughing hyena get so firmly planted? At least 500 entries relied upon this hapless beast for similes of striking medicority. From Summit, 111.: Girls at a slumber party “giggled like a herd of laughing hyenas.” From Magnolia, Ohio: “The kids laughed as hard as hyenas.” These 500 entries, mind you, came from participants who never in their lives have seen or heard a live hyena. So it goes.
Several entries from children carried a poignant note: “as solid as my parents’ marriage used to
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