Coin a phrase...

Do you love playing with language? Join me in creating new phrases, metaphors, words, similes, slogans, etc. Periodically, I'll post a tired old phrase and you send me a fresh, new phrase that has the 'same' meaning. Or, I'll send you a description that begs for a new word and you send me a possible new word. Who knows? Maybe your new phrase or word will catch on. Maybe the phrase you coin will bring you fame and coin!

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I have been a elementary school teacher and a computer programmer. Now I am a doctoral student in cognitive science studying the brainwaves of the 'aha' moment and how two concepts combine to make a new concept. Experiencing the 'aha' moment gives me a sense of wonder and awe. As long as I can remember I have always been trying to feel that wonder and awe so I constantly try to think 'outside the box' and see 'more than is there.' My puzzles and stories reflect this.

Friday, February 04, 2005

Strange Line

You're at a party. You walk by a group and overhear a strange line, "The stars have ears." You can't tell what it means, but the group all seemed to receive it in stride. What could they be talking about?

Create a situation in which it would make perfect sense to say "The stars have ears."

Have the strange line sum up your description as in the following example.

Example
There are so many spy satellites circling the globe. It's as if the stars have ears.

17 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Somewhere out there an alien race is listening for us just as we are listening for them. The stars have ears.

7:11 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My children wore star costumes in the school play and their ears stuck out of the costumes. The stars have ears.

7:20 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Have you noticed that both the sheriff and deputy of our town have big ears? The stars have ears.

1:59 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A secret agent is wearing a star pin with a microphone on it. The stars have ears.

7:17 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A traveler got lost and looked up to the night sky, asking which direction to go. A shooting star pointed to the correct direction. The stars have ears.

7:19 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The astronauts could not talk in a normal volume to Houston. They said, "Houston, we have a problem. The stars have ears."

7:44 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The cow jumped over the moon and whispered a secret to the spoon. The stars have ears.

10:03 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When the famous Ringo Starr and his brother were born, the doctor checked them over and said, "The stars (Starrs) have ears."

11:47 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gary Coleman heard a fan in the crowd call out to him. "What you talkin' about"? Coleman says. The stars have ears.

2:14 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

One starry night there was an explosion in a corn field. Ears of corn shot up into the sky. Now, the stars have ears.

3:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Some Hollywood stars were having a big barbeque. Corn on the cob was a favorite item on the menu. The stars have ears.

5:19 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I went to a Vulcan convention. Everyone there was wearing their ears. When Leonard Nimoy and the other Vulcan stars came out, even the stars have ears.

5:23 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Starfish in the ocean heard a noise and quickly move out of the way before a big fish comes along. The stars have ears.

10:46 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

One night my satellite TV went out just before my favorite show. I stomped outside and screamed up at the sky. I wonder if the stars have ears.

10:48 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Astronauts in space have the radio on and the stars twinkle to the beat. The stars have ears.

10:50 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When you look up and wish upon a star and it comes true, the stars have ears.

10:52 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If you sing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and the stars twinkle back, you know the stars have ears.

10:53 PM  

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