On Thu, 15 May 1997, James Allen wrote:

-OneShot

OneShot, OneShot, OneShot.  Those weren't metaphors.  Those were
SIMILIES!!!!  Metaphors make comparisons by stating that one thing is
another (The road is a grey ribbon wrapped around the mountain.) while
similes use 'like' or 'as ... as' to make the comparison (The road is like a
grey ribbon wrapped around the mountain.).  In retrospect, I can't seem to

	Ah, but a simile is a _kind_ of metaphor, now innit?  Though I 
wouldn't have minded to see the original...

	-Mike