Have you seen some of these before? Maybe not! 😄

Paraprosdokians
Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected and is frequently humorous.
- Where there’s a will, I want to be in it.
- The last thing I want to do is hurt you… but it’s still on my list.
- Since light travels faster than sound… some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
- If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
- We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.
- War does not determine who is right, only who is left.
- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
- To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
- I didn’t say it was your fault – I said I was blaming you.
- When filling out an application, where it says, “In case of emergency, notify___” – I wrote: “a doctor.”
- 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.
- You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
- I used to be indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.
- To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
- Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian, any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
- You’re never too old to learn something stupid.
- I’m supposed to respect my elders, but it’s getting harder and harder for me to find one now.
Didn’t know there was a word for this kind of wordplay, good to know. Hopefully I’ll remember the word paraprosdokian.
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But can you *pronounce* it?! There’s the rub! 😂
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I hope so 😀
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I have heard some of these before but I didn’t know there was a name for them.
No 13 describes me! 😀
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Nice to know, right? No. 13 – me too… I think… 😀
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Maybe. Maybe not 😀
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😀
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This was a super list of amusing things.
I guess you and John are a pair ‘o pros, but I won’t remember dokians.
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Haha, you’re a cutie, Anne!
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I had no idea these have a name. Plus pretty sure I wouldn’t say it correctly. Love them all again you had me laughing 😂
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So glad you liked ‘em! 😁
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