Paraprosdokians:[FONT="] [/FONT][FONT="](Winston Churchill loved them.) are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected, and generally humorous.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]8. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]9. I didn't say it was your fault; I said I was blaming you.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]10. In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency, Notify:' I put, 'DOCTOR'.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]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.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]12. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]13. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure..[/FONT]
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[FONT="]14. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]15. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]16. You're never too old to learn something stupid. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]17. I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it?s getting harder and harder for me to find one now.[/FONT]
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