Amy sent these great paraprosdokians.
Don't you just love that word?
A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence is unexpected...
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2. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
3. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
4. A day without sunshine is like, well … night.
5. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
6. Those that live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
7. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
8. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
9. It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end-to-end, someone from California would be stupid enough to try to pass them.
10. If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.
11. The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first.
12. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day, drinking beer.
13. Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries.
14. God gave you toes as a device for finding furniture in the dark.
15. When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
Here are a couple more paraprosdokians.
Today a man knocked on my door and asked for a small donation for the community pool, so I gave him a glass of water.
And in honour of your president...
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
