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Heard Any Good Ones: Part 2
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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 776689" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">A <strong>paraprosdokian</strong> is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Ø You're never too old to learn something stupid.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Ø To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Ø Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Ø A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Ø If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Ø Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 776689, member: 1246"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]A [B]paraprosdokian[/B] is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect.[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Ø You're never too old to learn something stupid.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Ø To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Ø Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Ø A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Ø If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child?[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Ø Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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