Sir Winston Churchill Loved Them
We are not talking about Whisky & Cigars - Though we concede he was fond of these too.
No, we are talking about "Paraprosdokians", and some we expect have never even heard of the word. Winston though, loved them.
As usual Wikipedia reveals all, telling us that they are "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"
Straightforward enough, so let's have some examples:-
- 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.
- If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
- War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
- I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a
fruit salad.
- 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 - Like what a
paraprosdokian is.
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