[BITList] Paraprosdokians

[michael J Feltham]

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>  Paraprosdokians:
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> 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. (Winston Churchill loved them).
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> 1.  Where there's a will, I want to be in it.
> 2.  The last thing I want to do is hurt you ...but it's still on my list.
> 3.  Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
> 4.  If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
> 5.  We never really grow up -- we only learn how to act in public.
> 6.  War does not determine who is right, only who is left.
> 7.  Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
> 8.  To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
> 9.  I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
> 10.  In filling out an application, where it says, "In case of emergency, notify..." I answered "a doctor." 
> 11. 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.
> 12.  You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
> 13.  I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.
> 14.  To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
> 15.  Going to church doesn't make you a Christian, any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
> 16.  You're never too old to learn something stupid.
> 17.  I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it's getting harder and harder for me to find one now.
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> Sadly this is true!!! 
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