Lucy was stern with those of us who were TOO clever this week
Ouch! Only Frank Osen worthily upheld the honour of the Sphere. Good for him!
Here is this week's. Lucy, get back to verses. We like verses. On the other hand why should not this be a verse?
No. 2691 OUCH!
You are invited to submit toe-curlingly bad analogies (up to eight each). To give you an idea of the depths you are aiming for, here is the winner of a magnificent bad analogies contest run by the Washington Post some years ago: ‘His fountain pen was so expensive it looked as if someone had grabbed the pope, turned him upside down and started writing with the tip of his big pointy hat.’ Please email entries, where possible, to
lucy@spectator.co.uk by midday on 30 March.