Analogies Are...Awesome (as is alliteration)

You know the classic "other fish in the sea" phrase?? While I love analogies, I hate phrases like this. If I was like.....omg I really like this guy - he's so cute and tall and has curly hair and is smart (looking, because c'mon people of course I haven't talked to him).....and then someone told me that he has a girlfriend and then someone else was like, oh its okay, there's other fish in the sea - I'd probably kick that someone else in the face (it was Urmila). Not too long ago, my annoyance/hatred of this particular phrase came just from the tackiness of it and the fact that only Grandmothers who wear sweaters with cutesy kitties on them (mine included) would embrace this statement and think that it was something a) uplifting and b) true. But recently, I've become aware of the problem of over-fishing and the fact that if we continue on this path of depleting our once well-populated waters, we'll reach a point where there actually aren't other fish in the sea - hence the importance of sustainable (WORD OF THE DAY.....AHHHHHHH) fishing practices. So now I despise this phrase not only because it is geriatric and cliched but also because it is WRONG.

Although, now that I think about it, with my recent track record in the boy department perhaps the overfishing comparison holds truer than ever. I mean its like, there's other fish in the sea/there's other guys out there...NO. Over-fishing is sucking the oceans dry of delicious fish and all the good ones have girlfriends. So now I've realized that saying this is really just a big fuck you to a disheartened girl who just found out her crush is betrothed. So, while I don't condone violence against Grandmothers, it would take a lot to restrain me if this analogy is made in my presence.