slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

'Paraprosdokian sentences are figures of speech that use an unexpected ending to a sentence or phrase as in the examples which follow:


Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says "if an emergency, notify:" I put 'DOCTOR'.

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

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

Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.

Some cause happiness where ever they go. Others whenever they go.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

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

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

If I agreed with you, then we would both be wrong.

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

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

Evening news is where they begin with "Good evening", and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.

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

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Hemiman Loc: Communist California

AKA truisms.

Loki Loc: Georgia

Good one! It has been so long since I heard that term I had forgotten about it. More accurately, I couldn't remember it.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Thanks, Loki!

Coming from you, I am taking that as what we call in Texas an 'atta-boy!' :thumbup: :mrgreen:

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Good. 'Truism' is easier to pronounce than 'paraprosdokian!' :lol:

larrypuckett1939

Singularity

Not my favorite ever compliment, but it might do in a pinch to help out in the romance depaftment. "Gee, for a fat girl you don't sweat much!"

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

:oops: Yep, I've heard that one. Good thing women aren't as demanding of men in the required looks category. :wink:

astrolite

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no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

Truism is easier to pronounce, but doesn't catch your eye as quickly as paraprosdokian.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Ain't that a fact :!:

That is how this article caught my eye...I had never even seen the word in print, much less know what it meant. :lol:

larrypuckett1939

THAT IS A GOOD ONE!!

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

Here's my favorite; I've forgotten more than I ever knew.

If I was as smart as I think I am, I wouldn't have to explain myself to you.

When people croak, they die. When frogs croak, they're just trying to get laid.

Whenever I think I've learned something new, I discover that what I thought I had learned was not what I actually learned, so I get to learn two things for every one thing I learn. Now I know so much, I can't tell what's real and what's just made up during the learning process. :shock:

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

That is also why I stopped and read it.

astrolite

Liberals have a solution for that! They just TELL MORE LIES