A Paraprosdokian

Add this to your list of paraprosdokians: Two guys walked into a bar. The third one ducked. This is part of a complete episode.

Transcript of “A Paraprosdokian”

From time to time on the show, we talk about paraphrostokians.

You know, those are those sentences that are going along one way, and then they take a sudden right turn.

We got a great one from Andrea Young in Richardson, Texas.

Two guys walked into a bar.

The third one ducked.

Perfect.

Exactly right.

I guess that’s two sentences, but I like it.

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