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[flammableBen]

Thugs like Gary are the jizz stain on the black T-shirt that is our national sport.

I've given some thought to this (and my head hurts) and think it wanders into simile teritory.
Obviously to be a simile it has to comparable, so if you'd said

"Thugs like Gary are the jizz stain on our national sport"

Then that would definately be a metaphor you are mixing together 2 different objects to describe one as the other.

By adding in the "on the black t-shirt that is our" you make it comparable you seperate out the to objects in the statement ('gary and football' and 'jizz stain and black t-shirt'), and basically make it a pleasent sounding rewording of "Gary is like a jizz stain on a black T-shirt"

Thinking about it though it's more than possible that I've just spouted a load of poo and you can dissect any metaphor in that way. I gave it a good shot though and for that I'm proud. I wonder why I only got a C in my GCSE English.

[flammableBen]

I think there might be a don't try and be clever when your head is still a bit fuzzy from drinking last night moral to my post.

[Simon Pieman]

I think it's a metaphor and a metonymy.

The metaphor is the direct comparison between 'the thugs' and 'the jizz stain'; and 'the black t-shirt' and the state/nature of 'our national sport'. All are the same, not like each other. Not all thugs are like Gary, therfore this is describing the type of thug that is comparible with the other things.

'Our national sport' in this case refers to football which in it's widest sense is a worldwide sport played in many different divisions and countries. This is similar to how people refer to STFC and it's associates as 'Newbury'.