A Few More Mixed Metaphors

Reading some early versions of Frazz, I came across this. I don’t need to say much—you know what a mixed metaphor is, right?

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I hope the kid is faster than the bully.

“Pinhead” is a real word; technical term is “microcephaly.”

Of course the picture kind of breaks my rule. I never make corrections unless asked…

At least it’s better than grammar Nazi…

I suppose I don’t really need to tell you that you should be careful to get your figures of speech correct…

‘nuf said.

In the grammatical sense anyway. One of my hobby horses is to oppose putting “only” too soon in the sentence. Do a search on only to find more examples.

Many people put “only” in the location equivalent to right before “toilets,” but if you put it there, the error is too obvious to miss.

You could argue that the really correct place for “only” would be before “someone.” That allows for the toilet to work at least some of the time at someone else’s house.