Semaphore Pillows

Man raised flag of drowning women.

"Nation-building never works."

"It's OK, I'm preordained."

Donald Trump Playing Golf With Hair On Fire

Relationship counselor: 'She started behaving strangely, and our man-machine interface has become unpredictable.'

"I think we'd make a good team!"

Lemniskate

'WD-40 un-sticks things that should move and duct tape makes things that shouldn't move, stop.'

"National Metaphor Day by the looks of it."

Peace Locked in a Cage

"It's going over the top? D' you realise what you've just said?"

Life and Death

The Idea of America.

Wordplay: Nonstarter.

"See what you get for thinking outside the fishbowl!"

'Before I undertake my journey, I require you to make me a warrior's headband.'

"Honestly, I thought you were a metaphor."

"I'm the bluebird of low expectations."

'Our company has hit an icebery and is sinking fast. Of course, it's all very symbolic.'

"Either accept the pay reduction or you get sent down to the minors."

Poetry repairman

Guru. It's not some kind of zen metaphor --- I really do have an invisible fence!

New life (organ donation)

'Stick and Carrot Business Incentive Consultants.'

"Holy Mackerel!"

'This stuff is a snap for me. I used to be a pharmacist.'

Irony: Then and Now

'So push has come to shove...'

'He did it for us.'

Sunset

"Why 'Black Death'? Why not 'rodent-related'?"

'We complete each other...'

"…And what do you think the cracker might represent?"

'This is the eight hundred and sixty-seventh day of my captivity - How about you?'

Playing With Peace