Paraprosdokians

I just got an email from my friend Patti with “Paraprosdokians” as the title. What the heck is that? The email gave the definition as: “Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.” “Where there’s a will, I want to be in it,” is a type of paraprosdokian.

The email included a list, but I went decided to find some of my own. A bit of whimsy Joe… Here we go!

** You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, and if you could it would smell bad.
** If you fall out of that tree and break both of your legs, don’t come running to me!
** Sure, I’ll join you in a drink, but is there room?
** The evening news always start with “Good evening,” and then tells you why it really isn’t.
** Money does not grow on trees, but if it did I would be raking it in every fall.
** I am doing this for your own good, but don’t you ever do this to me!
** I borrowed money from my pessimistic friend. She won’t expect it back!
** Why is it that people believe you when you tell them that there are a billion stars, but they have to check when you say the paint is wet?
** Why is it that it takes one careless match to start a forest fire, and a whole box to start a campfire?
** He wanted to tell his boss to go to hell and at the same time make him look forward to the trip.
** There is nothing in the world that cannot be done, without money.
** I thought that I wanted a career, but it turns out I just wanted the paycheck.

Hope that you enjoyed these!