Sisbro Mixes Metaphors to Create Simile

In a grammatical tragedy on Sunday, siblings Rob and Laura Sams of Sisbro Studios mixed two metaphors to create a simile.  The result was an explosion of syntax that left a panicked crowd running for their lives and stunned onlookers struggling to find the words to describe exactly what happened.

"It was like a...like a...wait, what's a metaphor again?" one confused bystander said.

To try and bring a sense of control to the situation, Vern Acular, a spokesman for the International Institute for Grammatical Cooperation said, "Metaphors are comparisons that demonstrate how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way.  Metaphors state that something ‘is' something else, whereas similes use the words ‘as' or ‘like' to make a comparison."

As one witness said, "I saw the words 'snake' and 'grass' flying through the air toward my face.  I didn't know what sentences they came from, and I didn't care.  I just ran like a cheetah."

What Sisbro actually said is still under some question, but the scene was chaotic as a team of police, English literature professors and librarians attempted to clean up the mess, while local grammatical-rights activists picketed for metaphor/simile equality.

"To avoid this sort of incident in the future," Mr. Acular later added, "it's best if we don't mix metaphors."