"A student undergoing a word association test was asked why a snowstorm put him in mind of sex. He replied frankly: "Because everything does.""
"a local train ... moved gently off up the line with a very singular motion indeed, in which the leap of a frog, the bounce of a pogo-stick, and the canter of a very short fat pony all were brought to mind."
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Source: Honor Tracy (1957). “Silk Hats and No Breakfast: Notes on a Spanish Journey”, New York, Random House [1958
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