There's an Italian in a language class. ""Today we are learning about similes and metaphors. Can anyone give me an example"" says the tutor. A Spaniard pipes up ""My wife dances salsa like a goddess"" Then a french man has his turn ""My wife has pubes like a forest"" The Italian guy likes how this language works, so he has a try ""I met a woman last week, Her eyes where like stars in the sky. Her hair was like soft velvet. She had a body like a supermodel"" the tutor cuts him off there seeing that he could go on for ages ""could someone give us an example of a metaphor now?"" ""Well I was getting to that"" says the Italian. ""She was so fine I had to ask her out, And yesterday I met 'er for lunch"". I think it's from an old British comedy show, when TV was racist, but I'm not sure.