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PARAPROSDOKIANS

by Sandra Bennett
TCF

22 Jul

Winston Churchill is said to have thoroughly enjoyed paraprosdokians.
Say WHAT!? 
Henny Youngman was a master; remember, “Take my wife…please!” or Groucho Marx, “I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening…but this wasn’t it!” P. G. Wodehouse is always a favorite. “She looked as though she’s been poured into her clothes and forgot to say ‘when’.” 
For those who know I cannot let black humor pass, there’s this one by Emo Philips, “I like going to the park and watching the children run around because they don’t know I use blanks.” 
Another by Winston Churchill supposedly about Clement Attlee, “A modest man, who has much to be modest about.”
Not sure who said these, but some are really funny:
*If there’s a will, I want to be in it.
*War doesn’t determine who is right. Only who is left.
*To steal 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.
*I thought I wanted a career. Turns out, I just wanted a paycheck.
*The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s on my list.
*I used to be indecisive. Now, I’m not so sure.
*Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
*You’re never too old to learn something stupid.

Blessings ~ paraprosdokians ~ humor ~ humorists ~ another beautiful day ~



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  1. Midlo Mom says

    July 22, 2012 at 1:13 pm

    Here's one we say at our house alot:
    It's been real, and it's been fun. But it hasn't been real fun.
    Thanks for startimg my Sunday with a smile!

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  2. Sheeps and Peeps Farm says

    July 22, 2012 at 11:10 am

    Thanks for the chuckle!

    Reply
  3. GLENDA CHILDERS says

    July 22, 2012 at 9:56 am

    That Winston Churchill has said some of the funniest things. Also, Mark Twain.

    Reply
  4. dori says

    July 22, 2012 at 9:26 am

    Its brave to be honest, even in our real bakground, we sometimes dont know ourselves. Every kind of holyness is a present from HIM. Also "fools of Christ" have an urgent mission!

    Reply
  5. Lynne says

    July 22, 2012 at 3:43 am

    So that is what "those" are called . . . Now I know!
    Thanks for the Saturday Night Laughs!

    Reply
  6. LindaSue says

    July 22, 2012 at 2:38 am

    my kind of humor – now i know a name for it!

    Reply

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