Ok, help me...

[Christine N.]

I need something a kid would 'dump faster than'
You know what I mean? "She dumped him faster than a..."

I don't want to use 'bad habit'; it's cliche. I don't want to use something like 'K-Fed dumped Britney'; it's dated.

So give me a hand. I had thought of using 'a bad British accent' but that's not going to work unless you think Madonna is funny.

[Silver King]

She dumped him faster than when a spider had landed in her hair and she shook the insect free.

[Soccer Mom]

dumped him faster than a dirty tissue?

[Soccer Mom]

dumped him faster than an ugly purse? ugly shoes?

[sassandgroove]

cheap latte?

I don't know, these kids today....:)

[Rane]

dumped him faster than the sweater her aunt gave her for christmas?

[Christine N.]

Oh, that's a good one. I would use shoes/purse, but she's not the materialistic character. I have one, and if I were only talking about that character doing the dumping, I so would use it.
She's afraid her new friends are going to dump her, so the shoes/purse thing wouldn't be something she thought of.

[Dancre]

Whenever I use a metaphor, I always like to use my character's personality, location and cultural upbringing in finding the right one. Like if your character is from NY, you might want to use "She dropped him faster than an old subway ticket." If she lives on a farm in Iowa, you might want to say, "faster than a cow taking a dump." If she's poor, then maybe "She dropped him faster than a pair of goodwill shoes." If she's rich, then "Faster than her daddy's BMW." If she's 18, then maybe say, She dropped him faster than Simon dropping a singer on American Idol. If she's 13, then maybe 'faster than a boy band.' I find that looking at the world through my character's eyes helps in defining metaphores. Does that help? I find that this also helps in my characterization.

kim

[Christine N.]

"last week's school lunch" ?

:D LOL

[Soccer Mom]

A flat soda? A cold cup of coffee? faster than Paris Hilton?


This is addictive, Christine.

[Silver King]

...faster than a tuna sandwich with a cockroach poking out of the bread slices.

For some reason, I keep thinking of insects for your passage.

[triceretops]

She dumped him faster than the curb-side trash.

Tri

[RGame]

I like the dirty tissue one.

[J. Weiland]

She dropped him faster than a red poker.

[giftedrhonda]

...faster than a clingy little sister

...faster than an itchy bra

hahahahaha

[ebenstone]

cheap latte?

I don't know, these kids today....:)

That's a good one.

She dumped him faster than my mom/dad dumps her/his boy/girlfriend.

Word to my moms she dumped him fast!

[sassandgroove]

Thanks. I only thought of it becuase I was surprised my teen age cousin liked Starbucks. I didn't start drinking coffee until I was an adult working full time, and it was too much of a hassle to make hot tea at work when there was already coffee. But I digress.

She dropped them faster than her prom dress?

(Yikes)

[Christine N.]

Uh... no.

No racy humor in the MG fantasy book. :D

[sassandgroove]

I know. I just thought it was sort of funny.

[Sweetlebee]

She dropped him faster than a 300 pound trapeze partner.

[PattiTheWicked]

"last week's school lunch" ?

:D LOL

Get outta my head. I was thinking "She dumped him faster than cafeteria mystery-meat."

[Sweetlebee]

I vote for that one! Every kid knows what mystery meat is.

[Soccer Mom]

I like the cafeteria one. ::shudders:: I remember mystery meat.



She dumped him faster than an empty bottle of PHENTERMINE?

[sassandgroove]

...used candy wrapper.

[Jimmer]

Dumped him faster than a bad lab partner...?

[Jimmer]

dumped him faster than a box of rattlesnakes...

[Jimmer]

dumped him in a hummingbird's heartbeat....?

[Soccer Mom]

dumped him faster than an apple with a worm in it?

[J. Weiland]

... dropped him faster than an axe kick to the forehead.

[Dasence]

I keep wanting to make a bathroom joke, but I'm trying to rise above that sort of toilet humor.

Um...she dumped him like a broken nail? That could be kind of a harsh...I rip my almost-broken nails off with my teeth and then just spit them in the trash. That sounds like a lot of my teen-aged friendships.

[Shady Lane]

She dropped him faster than a 300 pound trapeze partner.

Okay, I completely love this one. Although it seems like it maybe should be "dropped him HARDER." Haha.

[Tamara Minks-Regan]

I friend requested you from my personal site. I meant to request you from my book site at myspace.com/paralyzedatthree You can friend request me on that one if you would like.

Have a great day!

Warmly,

Tammy