My mother-in-law
turned me onto this—Paraprosdokians. It is a figure
of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or
unexpected.
When I learned about it I thought, “How have I
never heard of this? I’m a writer.” I had to share a few of my favorites with
you.
- Where there’s a will, I want to be in it.
- If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
- If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child?
- Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
- I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
- A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.
- There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away.
- You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
- To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
- Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
- If it weren’t for the gutter, my mind would be homeless.
Hope you all have a great weekend!
-Angie
30 comments:
these were great! thanks for the giggle :)
Hee hee, I really like these too. In the UK, there are fridge magnets that have these slogans on, they are great!
these are awesome, thanks for the morning laughs!!! have a greta weekend!
I was dying laughing with these. What a great way to start the day. This one is my fave. Though I'm not sure what this says about me lol!!!
"There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away."
I think my favorite is, "If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong." I may have to use that. :)
I literally lol'd at the target one. Good stuff.
I love these! I agree with Rachel. 'If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong." Definitely my fav ;)
Have a great weekend!
I need that picture for my wall!
Ha! These are great. Who doesn't like an unexpected phrase? Thanks for sharing, Angie. I'm going to read these to my hubby.
LOL I love these!! So fun!! And I've never heard that word before either!
"If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong." <-- I'm going to use this sometime! This IS a great line!!!
BTW, tagged you on my blog today!
Haha, these made me laugh so hard! Especially the cuddling and the parachute ones. :) Happy Friday!
I LOVE these. The surprise at the end usually make me laugh! Some that I love:
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.
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
so hilaridoxical!
and my friend has napkins with that picture on it. it's my lazy housewife motto!
I can't believe I haven't heard of these before! So awesome. Thanks for a fun start to Friday!
My favorite one was the parachute.
The nostalgia one was good; a while back, I came up with "Nostalgia was better in the old days," which I liked enough to put on a coffee mug:
http://www.zazzle.com/nostalgia_mug-168580806401090779
I haven't been to this blog in a while. I'll have to check in more often if you're going to make me spit Diet Coke out of my nose and onto my calendar when I read it. Which I probably ought not to do because now all my afternoon appointments are merely smudges and nobody wants to be a smudge. They resent it.
Haha. That just made my day. Thanks for sharing!
Ha! Here's to having a fuzzy memory and a clear conscience! Cheers.
Haha! Funny! I didn't know there was an actual term for these. Of course there is.
Too funny! I'm printing these off to share with my kids this afternoon. :)
Ha ha. I have this one on a magnet on my fridge and it always makes me laugh:
I child-proofed my house but they still keep getting in.
Great laugh! I like the one in the picture best. I tell my wife that my writing is more important, but she doesn't agree. But I can't agree with her because then we'd both be wrong.
I love them! Never heard the term before now though. Great post
I laughed a lot. Thanks for sharing these! :D :D :D
*snicker* I've heard some of these before, never knew the name for it.
Paraprosdokian, huh. Interesting.
Those were SUPER fun.
Have you read the ones that they've had kids do? where they fill in the end? SO fun.
HA! I especially like the one about cuddling...cuz I think I've crossed it recently trying to hug my teenage son. He's always trying to get away. No idea why... :)
You always make my day! These are fabulous. Love stuff like this. Always gives me a laugh.
Angie, these were great. I couldn't pick a fave because they were ALL good. I see that truth is in all of the examples.
So clever! I didn't know about these either. I feel kinda sheepish as well.
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