Why you need cliches like you need a hole in the head

(Cross-posted from my LiveJournal, swords_and_pens)

Overheard bit of dialog from a kids' program from another room:

"Those taste like sweat socks. And not the good kind."

I like the cadence of this line, and how it plays against usual adult expectations. The slow burn of the "eww" factor is nicely achieved, too.

Yes, it's a campy little line, and not a particularly challenging one in terms of construction (we've seen the form a million times: "cliche + pause + qualifier that makes the cliche worse")