Black hole in swimming pool sia!
Not to be a sniggering bastard, but quotable quote is quotable.
“My parents had jumped into the swimming pool thinking that the water would only come up to their feet. Now, it seems like there is a black hole in the swimming pool that is sucking everyone in and drowning them.”
The universally-understood (astronomically not-so-understood) metaphor of the black hole, coupled with the absurd image of a swimming pool with water which only comes up to one’s feet makes for Sensational Literary Device! Furthermore, the allusion to suffocation highlights the helplessness and desperation of the victims, drawing on the basic human fear of being sucked in and drowned simultaneously!
Can it be Hugo Award time nao?
Gary @ 13 Oct 2008 :: Bitchin', A thousand words, All the news that's fit to print, WTF, Sad :: No Comments »