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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
 Posted - Nov 20 2010 : 07:17:40 AM
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I've enjoyed the activity where kids are given a saying familiar to adults and and they end it themselves. Such as; You can lead a horse to water ______________ (but why?)
I thought maybe the Reading room would be a reasonable place to share a similar type of activity. It is called a paraprosdokian, the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected and makes you reinterpret the first part.
Examples;
I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather, not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
Do not argue with and idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Have you heard any of these or want to invent your own?
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2010 : 08:22:59 AM
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Okay, so I have said that I've been, "Happy as a clam!" quite often around my kids, and my littlest one - now 4 - popped out with "Mom! I'm going to run fast as a clam! Watch me!" before he took off across the yard. Who knew clams were so fast?!?!?! 
XOXO, Libbie
"Farmgirl Sister #10," and proud of it!!! |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2010 : 09:10:29 AM
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Here are a few more.
The voices in your head my not be real, but they have some good ideas!
Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the streed with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.
There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away.
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
7577 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2010 : 09:18:53 AM
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My favorite saying is: "I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, but they tell me I AM user friendly!"
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
Farmgirl Sister #1974 |
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patchworkpeace
True Blue Farmgirl
478 Posts
Judy
Jackson
Michigan
USA
478 Posts |
Posted - Nov 26 2010 : 07:22:41 AM
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Susan,
Love reading your paraprosdokians especially "There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away." I had to laugh because when my twin and I were little we used to hate it when our sister-in-law hugged us because it was like being smothered and we couldn't get away!
Judy
Success is measured not by the position one reaches but by the obstacles one has to overcome to reach it. Booker T. Washington |
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karla
True Blue Farmgirl
1308 Posts
karla
Pella
Iowa
USA
1308 Posts |
Posted - Nov 26 2010 : 07:46:32 AM
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How about-if you don't have anything nice to say ----- don't say anything at all!
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
http://rua2j-grammysheirlooms.blogspot.com/ |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 26 2010 : 08:56:34 AM
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Anne,
Don't you just love those things kids say? You really need to write down "fast as a clam" and share it with your son when he's a new daddy himself.
Nini,
I've heard variations on that one but really enjoyed yours the most.
Judy,
How much fun that you had a personal connection to that one! Yep, there can a lot of truth in a few words.
Its funny how much truth there can be in a string of a few words. Or how a twist in the middle can really get you to think.
Here are a few more.
Never do anything you wouldn’t want to explain to the paramedics.
A friend is someone who thinks you’re a good egg even though you’re slightly cracked.
Some of my favorites are attributed to Grouch Marx;
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it." —Groucho Marx
"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.” — Groucho Marx
"I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I don't know." — Groucho Marx
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." — Groucho Marx
Keep smiling, and keep thinking.
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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star-schipp
True Blue Farmgirl
942 Posts
Starletta
Middletown
Indiana
USA
942 Posts |
Posted - Dec 16 2010 : 05:57:15 AM
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another one from Groucho Marx: A black cat crossing your path signifies it is going somewhere.
We can do no great things; only small things with great love - Mother Teresa
Star - farmgirl sister #1927
Master Food Preserver |
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star-schipp
True Blue Farmgirl
942 Posts
Starletta
Middletown
Indiana
USA
942 Posts |
Posted - Dec 17 2010 : 07:49:29 AM
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Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
We can do no great things; only small things with great love - Mother Teresa
Star - farmgirl sister #1927
Master Food Preserver |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Dec 17 2010 : 08:03:51 AM
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Okay, here's a variation on the "sharpest tool in the shed" one. This was said in all seriousness by a friend of ours who is NOTORIOUS for these.
"Well, I may not be the sharpest cookie in the box....." Hee hee heee!!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"Farmgirl Sister #10," and proud of it!!! |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
16411 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
16411 Posts |
Posted - Dec 17 2010 : 08:52:01 AM
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Love this thingamajiggie paraprosdokian thread!!! My daughter and I claim to have a rare form of dyslexia because we do this with sayings by accident. A few years back we agreed to stay away from sayings because of our surprise endings, a mix and match game that came out of nowhere. Calling it SOMETHING sure has given us permission to let loose our rare "talent!?"
"Church isn't out till we quit singing, there's another inning to go."
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
16411 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
16411 Posts |
Posted - Dec 17 2010 : 08:57:36 AM
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Libbie, how about this? Meggie said once, "Well, I'm not the smartest knife in the drawer."
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
16411 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
16411 Posts |
Posted - Dec 17 2010 : 09:25:50 AM
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I've lost my rocker.
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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star-schipp
True Blue Farmgirl
942 Posts
Starletta
Middletown
Indiana
USA
942 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2010 : 05:25:14 AM
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How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
We can do no great things; only small things with great love - Mother Teresa
Star - farmgirl sister #1927
Master Food Preserver |
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star-schipp
True Blue Farmgirl
942 Posts
Starletta
Middletown
Indiana
USA
942 Posts |
Posted - Dec 20 2010 : 05:36:09 AM
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We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.
We can do no great things; only small things with great love - Mother Teresa
Star - farmgirl sister #1927
Master Food Preserver |
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