18 Metaphors Describing my Last Fair

*Please note that I am not at all attempting to make fun of students, but rather display in a playful manner my surprise at the unexpected rapidity with which my materials disappeared. (Which is why I have left the event anonymous.)

1. Little kids in the "Free" box at a garage sale.
2. A famished prisoner grateful to have some sort of nourishment without regard to what it is.
3. Hogs unearthing truffles.
4. Birds in a poppy seed field.
5. Amateur magicians unknowingly displaying an obvious disappearing item trick.
6. Supervised kleptomaniacs.
7. Reverse manna effect.
8. Puppies eating food simply because it fell off the table with no concern for the substance.
9. Bubble wrap in the hands of a popaholic.
10. Augustus in Wonka's Chocolate Factory.
11. Balloons dropped onto a bed of needles.
12. Firecrackers meet matches.
13. Sprinters in the racing blocks when the gun goes off.
14. Ammunition in a machine gun.
15. Popcorn popping.
16. Frogs dropped in boiling water.
17. Most girls inches away from a semi-large insect.
18. Chocolate in the hands of the Corban College Admissions Team.