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She's as delicate as a ___?

Asked by bossob (5929points) June 1st, 2013

A female internet friend wrote: ” But I’m ‘delicate’! (You should see me try to get THAT past Hubby!)” She was being facetious.

I’m looking for a humorous comeback that is family friendly. She’s in her forties, 4’11’’, and a dental assistant. From what I know about her, she’s anything but delicate.

Something along the line of: ‘Yeah right, you’re as delicate as a ____’.

Thanks, I’m really drawing a blank on this one.

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19 Answers

talljasperman's avatar

A pair of knuckle dusters.

flutherother's avatar

a shit house door.

poisonedantidote's avatar

slaughter house hammer worker.

Kardamom's avatar

You’re about as delicate as a room full of homophobic good ol’ boys in a room full of Barney Frank.

bkcunningham's avatar

You are as delicate as a dental drill.

You are as delicate as an abscessed tooth.

You are as delicate as a toothache.

She’s a dental assistant. Get it?

bossob's avatar

@bkcunningham got it! They might work, thanks.

I’m thinking of something like contradictory words…

Ex: ‘delicate as a silk chain’. I’ve never heard of a silk chain, but silk is delicate and chain is strong. Something along that line.

LuckyGuy's avatar

As delicate as a sack of pulled teeth.

Kardamom's avatar

As delicate as a potato chip honed out of steel and fried in hot magma.

As delicate as the aroma of Camembert cheese.

As delicate as the reaction of a teenage girl finding out that her BFF is sleeping with her crush.

As delicate as the grip of the Colossal Squid strangling the Fluther submarine.

WestRiverrat's avatar

An avenging Guardian Angel.

Mariah's avatar

Rhinoceros

ETpro's avatar

You want a contradiction a dental assistant should get, how about as delicate as a titanium gardenia. The posts for dental implants are made of titanium, as are the turbine blades for turbojet engines. Hopefully she knows gardenias bruise easily, but are actually hardy plants.

bossob's avatar

@ETpro titanium rose petals is a go! thanks

Pachy's avatar

as a pachyderm snoring.

ETpro's avatar

@bossob Glad to assist.

ZEPHYRA's avatar

as barbed wire.

Berserker's avatar

As a weaponless Viking.

bossob's avatar

@ETpro was on the same wavelength as I. Something delicate and feminine she could relate to, and then toughen her up.

I could’ve called her a tough ol’ bird, or a battleaxe, but she’d reach through my monitor and bonk me with her umbrella!

Unbroken's avatar

a steel post

Or spider silk

ucme's avatar

A hippo gliding over oyster shells wearing a diving suit & riding a tractor.

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