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Sam Kegley <skegley.kegley@gmail.com>
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Subject: Paraprosdokians
> Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence
> or phrase is surprising
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> or unexpected and is frequently humorous. (Winston Churchill loved them).
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> 1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it
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> 2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you ... but it's still on my list.
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> 3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until
> you hear them speak.
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> 4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
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> 5. We never really grow up -- we only learn how to act in public.
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> 6. War does not determine who is right, only who is left.
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> 7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a
> fruit salad.
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> 8. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is
> research.
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> 9. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
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> 10. In filling out an application, where it says, "In case of emergency,
> notify... " I answered "a doctor."
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> 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.
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> 12. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to
> skydive twice.
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> 13. I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.
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> 14. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit
> the target.
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> 15. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian, any more than standing in
> a garage makes you a car.
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> 16. You're never too old to learn something stupid.
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> 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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> Sadly this is true!!!
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