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From our retirees association...

First time I heard about paraprosdokians, I liked them.

Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected and is frequently humorous.(Sir Winston Churchill loved them).

*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.
*In filling out an application, where it says, "In case of an emergency, notify..."
*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 someone older than me.
 
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Big Grin

and I have an addition to the tomato one...

Philosophy is asking if ketchup is technically a smoothie
 
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Stolen! :thumbsup:



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This one I don’t get

*In filling out an application, where it says, "In case of an emergency, notify..."
 
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This one I don’t get

*In filling out an application, where it says, "In case of an emergency, notify..."


Maybe your old enough to have nobody to notify Razz


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She may be overweight but at least her boobs are small.


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Stolen from Yogi Bera...
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
 
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It may not be very big around, but it sure is short!
 
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After the quarantine, I am going to get in shape; no wait, round is a shape...


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