The Avril Lavigne of Italian food

"Olive Garden is the Avril Lavigne of Italian food. Fine in intentional, measured doses even if it's nothing to brag about or make into a daily habit."
(Aug. 26, 2009, MetaTalk)

The Oskar Schindler of dessert procurement

"Lady in front of me at @trophycupcakes having a Sophie's Choice meltdown over choices. She is the Oskar Schindler of dessert procurement."
(Dec. 31, 2010, Killorn, Twitter)

The Don Draper of death

"The death questions are killing me because I am not religious (yes, Jesus is totally the Don Draper of death. The consummate salesman for it, actually) But, I did tell the truth on that one as well. Now, I have a 3 year old out of blue quietly declaring from the back of the car 'Mama, I will miss you when you die.' I told her that it won't be for a long, long time. And then fervently hope I am not lying again."
(Nov. 17, 2010, Kelli Oliver George, Mom-101)

The Kermit the Frog of nail varnishes

"I’m really not a mad fan of this colour, so how I ended up with two of them is totally beyond me.

Surely this is the Kermit the Frog of nail varnishes? It’s really green – a kind of sludgey green though, with a lot of yellow to it."
(June 18, 2010, Just Nice Things)

The Hakeem Olajuwon of the Revolutionary War

"Why was he held up on such a pedestal? Because he looked like he stood on a pedestal. Even back then people looked up to him, literally. The average guy back then was about 5’9″ or 5’10″, while Washington towered around 6’2″. He was the Hakeem Olajuwon of the Revolutionary War, of course they’d pass him the ball. If they didn’t, he’d bop them on the head like little bunny Foo Foo."
(March 11, 2010, Tyler Tarver, TylerTarver.com)

The Courtney Love of double-ply paper towels

"I am the first to admit that I am, at best, a mediocre environmentalist. My crimes against the planet are too long to list, but even the highlight reel makes me cringe: I take really long hot showers, for the simple and idiotic reason that I’m so busy daydreaming I forget to turn off the water. I get nervous when I’m home alone, so I leave on every light in the house, and to hell with greenhouse gases. My addiction to disposable paper goods is legendary – I am the Courtney Love of double-ply paper towels."
(Dec. 23, 2010, Susan Goldberg, The Goldberg Variations)

The Ted Bundy of small household appliances

"This is all just preamble for the story I’m trying to tell you, which is all about our vacuum cleaner. Hubby and I got married a little over eight years ago and we have owned three vacuum cleaners in that time. I don’t know what we do to them, but we are basically the Ted Bundy of small household appliances. They actually have little Wanted posters of us up at Target."
(Aug. 16, 2010, Bird on the Street)