1.   And they were awful translations, forced rhymes, bad metaphors.

2.   A bad metaphor, given the Olympic experience, but nonetheless accurate.

3.   Chameleon fighting, come to think of it, is not a bad metaphor for Malagasy politics.

4.   Nothing like a bad metaphor to break the mood.

5.   Not a bad metaphor for the fate of communism.

6.   Not a bad metaphor for troubled relationships everywhere.

7.   Wait, bad metaphor.