Hyperbole
Overdoing It
"Hyperbole" refers to the use of exaggeration for rhetorical effect.  Examples: "He was so big he used a tree trunk for a tooth pick"  and "This coffee tastes like an old man has been heated to render out the earwax" (see if you can apply that one the next time you have a cupping, Matt!).  I know you've begged me a thousand times not to do it, but here goes anyway.

1. He's so impatient that he starts other peoples' sentences.
2. He's so Hollywood that he's able to maintain a three-day stubble for two weeks.
3. He's so neurotic that he thinks Woody Allen is normal.
4. He's so cheap that he puts grocery store discount coupons in the coffee shop tip jar.
5. He's so poetic that he tweets in blank verse.
6. He's such a classicist that he can do long division using Roman numerals.
7. He's so dumb that he thinks the space program is Star Trek.
8. He's so anal-retentive that he hangs garments in his closet in alphabetical order according to both type and color.
9. He's such a germophobe that he opens all doors and turns off and on all lights and faucets with his hand protected by his shirt front.
10. He's so cheesy that they call him Kraft.
11. He's such a Cougar fan that, when he was wounded in the Iraq war, he refused the purple heart.
12. She's so skinny that jealous anorexics immediately head for the toilet when she enters a room.
13. He's so ignorant that he thinks bi-polar disease refers to the effects of global warming at the antipodes.
14. He's so politically correct that he thinks calling patio coolers "misters" is sexist.
15. He's so dyslexic that, when he sees the word "patois," he thinks about going out the sliding glass doors to dine al fresco.
16. He's so naive that, when he bumps into distant acquaintances on the street, he believes them when they say, "We should get together sometime.  I'll call you."
17. He's so literate that he can understand Finnegan's Wake without a guidebook.
18. He's so needy that he'll slobber and wag his hindquarters when you wish him good morning.
19. He's so erudite that he knows who Walter Benjamin is.
220. He's so patriotic that he stands for the national anthem when watching a televised ball game in his living room.
21. He's so ecumenical in his religion that he says "Om" and "Shalom" while genuflecting toward Mecca.
22. He's so low that he could limbo under a snake.
23. He's so cold that he can't even shiver.
24. He's so hairy that, in the shower, he uses both shampoo and conditioner on his body.
25. He's so tolerant that he doesn't even wince when he sees a smiley face emoticon in an e-mail.
26. He's so wordy that he explains his circumlocutions.
27. He's in so much pain that he looks forward to going to hell.
28. He's so up and down that they call him Otis.
29. He's so serene that he outsmiles Buddha at the thought of death and taxes.
30. He's so shy that he requested a pseudonym on his tombstone.
31. He's such a schizophrenic that he wears a peace medallion when he goes gang-banging.
32. He's so optimistic that, when he visits Seattle for a month, he expects the sun to shine at least twice.
33. He's so indecisive that he's never been able to finish a multiple-choice test.
34. He's so conservative that he thinks tax reform means abolishing all taxes.
35. He's so liberal that he thinks any regressive tax is evil.
36. He's so tone-deaf that he's able to enjoy karaoke night.
37. He's so narcissistic that he sees himself when he looks into her eyes.
38. He's so patient that his blood pressure is still 110 over 75 after sitting for an hour and a half in his cardiologist's waiting room.
39. He's so left-wing that he thinks NPR is a bourgeois sellout.
40. He's so right-wing that he thinks FOX news is mainstream.
41. He's so relaxed that even his pants won't hold a crease.
42. He's so out of synch that his tachycardia has an afterbeat.
43. He's so weak that he could be a cup of Denny's coffee.
44. He's so worried about telling a lie that he swears himself in every morning.
45. He's so persuasive that he made a fortune selling home air conditioners in Seattle.
46. He's so accident-prone that he broke a finger coming out of his mother's womb.
47. He's such a vegan that he won't eat gooseberries.
48. He's so old that he learned to paint in a cave.
49. He's such a basketball fan that he'll even watch mid-season NBA games.
50. He's so much into the digital age that he sleeps with Bluetooth instead of ear plugs.

Latest comments

29.03 | 17:31

Hi Bruce,
I smiled a lot as I looked! Sometimes I didn't quite understand, other times I did! Keep doing this! You are a fun thinker!

05.07 | 23:04

hi! your blog is really fantastic! you are really lucky to have it. I have one but i did not have a single like apart from me

11.10 | 23:42

No longer pray for an outcome. Just do the footwork, if I can see any. I just pray for the grace to willing accept what the outcome will be.

30.06 | 02:37

yo that is so cool