The Spectator across the pond has taken inspiration from Washington. It offered a competition based on the Post‘s for the most “toe-curlingly bad analogies.” The winners are here — though I actually think this one is quite good: “The accountant had the world-weary air of a ferret that had been up so many trouser legs that life held no more surprises.”

Executives at the bankrupt Borders will get bonuses based on how much they recover for creditors.