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Friday, January 20, 2012

PARAPROSDOKIANS

PARAPROSDOKIANS: (Winston Churchill loved them.)          I had to look up "paraprosdokian".  Here is the definition:   "Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or
phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous
situation."   "Where there's a will, I want to be in it," is a type of
paraprosdokian.

  
           1. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his
             level and beat you with experience.
                 2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on
             my list.

      
        3. Light travels faster than sound. This is why 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. Evening news is where they begin with 'Good Evening,' and
            then proceed to tell you why it isn't.

      
       9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from
             many is research.
      
      10A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is
            where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
       

      11. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted
            paychecks.
     
      12. Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says,
             'In case of emergency, notify:' I put 'DOCTOR.'

  
      13. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
 
      14. 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.
       

      15. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall
             of a successful man is usually another woman.
           16. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.
     
       17. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a
              parachute to skydive twice.
     
       18. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier
             to live with.

   
       19. There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone
             down so they can't get away.
     
       20. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.

    
       21. You're never too old to learn something stupid.
         
      22. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call
              whatever you hit
 the target.
      
       23. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
     
       24. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
   
       25. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than
             standing in a garage makes you a car.
 
   
    26. Where there's a will, there's relatives.


Thanks Richard

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