Malaphor In Store!

I work in a large membership-based store, offering free samples of products to customers. A coworker and I are working at the station together.

Customer: “Oooh, what are these?”

Me: “They’re protein brownies. They’re low-carb and low-fat, but high in protein. Great for trying to be healthier!”

Customer: *Slapping his admittedly rounded belly.* “Oh, too late for that. That train has sailed.”

The customer walks away, no longer interested in the brownie.

Coworker: “So… was he talking about a very impressively over-engineered locomotive, or just a very short-lived one?”