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AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2020   •  IDAHO SENIOR INDEPENDENT                                                             SPOTLIGHTS               PAGE 13


                                         Parapros-HUH?                            7.  Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not

                                                                                      putting it in a fruit salad.
                                       Paraprosdokians aren’t what you            8.  To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from
                                    expect. Really. They are playful twists           many is research.
                                    in language that throw you for a loop,        9.  I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
         making you rethink the intent of an initial phrase and causing           10. In filling out an application, where it says, “In case of
         you to double-back when the latter part of a sentence surprises              emergency, notify ...” I answered “a doctor.”
         you. Comedians rely on them all the time. Contributor Julie Fink-        11.  You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a
         Brantley sent us a few to mull over.                                         parachute to skydive twice.
         1.  Where there’s a will, I want to be in it.                            12. I used to be indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.
         2.  The last thing I want to do is hurt you ... but it’s still on my list.  13. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever
         3.  Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright         you hit the target.
             until you hear them speak.                                           14. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than
         4.  If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.                                standing in a garage makes you a car.
         5.  We never really grow up — we only learn how to act in public.        15. You’re never too old to learn something stupid. ISI
         6.  War does not determine who is right, only who is left.





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