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  Paraprosdokian sentences   A paraprosdokian (from Greek "παρα", meaning "beyond" and "προσδοκία", meaning "expectation") is 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. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anticlimax. For this reason, it is extremely popular among comedians and satirists.   Some paraprosdokians not only change the meaning of an early phrase, but also play on the double meaning of a particular word, creating a syllepsis.   I was going to ask God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.   Paraphraseology   Life is ugly, short, and brutish, and so are feminists.   November 9, 2024    I bought a fruitcake and the policeman arrested me for possession of stollen property.   Jan 20, 2024 Who won th...
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  September 2020 Young Bedřich Smetana was such a brilliant composer that he was sometimes called a Czech Liszt. ___________________________________ Astrophysicists at MIT formed a rock band and made a recording of the song they wrote, “Space-time is On My Side.” _______________________________________ Off the coast of France, the sea is generally calm. However when whitecaps do appear on occasion, the French Coast Guard marks them with floating flags; they flag the white wave. (You know those French.) --------------------------- What do you call it when the planets all forget what the others weigh? Mass confusion             Johann Sebastian Bach’s great grandchildren have a family party every year celebrating him. They think inside the Bachs.   August 2020   I’m getting a puppy and naming it Mycup.   Every time I call it, Mycup runneth over.   July 2020 ...
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