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Re: Paraprosdokians

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On 8/30/2018 6:05 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
> Forwarded post:
> 
> Paraprosdokians
> 
> Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter
> part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected
> and is 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 answered "a 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, but 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.

A pessimist sees the glass as half empty; an optometrist wants to know 
if you see the glass as more full like this?...or like this?....

....r

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