Is It a Ruse?

"Kids are like magnets. They absorb everything."

So read the sign outside of Edina Tire and Auto Service this afternoon. There is SO MUCH that is wrong with that statement. Magnets do not absorb a damn thing, they attract. Also, they don't always attract, half the time they repel. They do not even attract or repel everything. In fact the things a magnet will attract or repel is very much limited. Were they thinking of a sponge? Here are some much better ways in which kids are like magnets:

1. They're sticky.
2. They can be positive an negative things at the same time.
3. In my case, very attractive.

Then I thought, was this all a trick? Here I am, thinking about Edina Tire and Auto Service (located a few blocks south of 50th and France), when in fact, I do not need my tires or auto serviced. So either these guys are very smart, or very dumb. Either way, they and their crappy similes are not getting anywhere near my car.

And no, spellcheck, I will not replace "similes" with "smilies."