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Man's Best Friend Paraprosdokian
December 18, 2010 9:51 am
(@grantbarrett)
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"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." This kind of sudden, surprising turn in a sentence is called a paraprosdokian. Martha and Grant trade some examples. This is part of a complete episode.
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