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Offline JuST Peter

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Some good Paraprosdokians
« on: November 08, 2015, 06:27:55 AM »
Paraprosdokians (Winston Churchill loved them) are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous.

1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it.

2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it's still on my list.

3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

6. War does not determine who is right, only who is left.

7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

8. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

9. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

10. In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency, Notify:' I put 'DOCTOR'.

11. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

12. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

13. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.

14. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

15. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

16. You're never too old to learn something stupid.

17. I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it’s getting harder and harder for me to find one now.
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Re: Some good Paraprosdokians
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2015, 07:39:48 AM »
 :crackup  :rofl  very good bunch of one liners
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Re: Some good Paraprosdokians
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2015, 08:00:00 AM »
I resemble #17
For the modern man who lives in the city, riding a bike might be one of the only ways to escape the humdrum monotony. To take off and ride. To be both at one with nature and one with the bike. To feel masculine. Adam Piggott

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Re: Some good Paraprosdokians
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2015, 09:33:29 AM »
 some good'uns in there :grin
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Re: Some good Paraprosdokians
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2015, 07:15:45 PM »
I'm not sure if this quite meets the criteria but......
Groucho Marx said "I would not want to join a club that would accept someone like me as a member."
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