Paraprosdokians

Vern's cousin, Virginia Frye sent me these in an e-mail.  I love these(and so did Winston Churchill)  A Paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.  Here are some examples.
  1. Light travels faster than sound.  This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
  2  If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

  3. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

  4. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

  5. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
  6. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism.  To steal from many is research.
  7. I thought I wanted a career.  Turns out I just wanted paychecks.
  8. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

  9. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
10. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.
11. You do not need a parachute to skydive.  You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

Now about meeting Vern's cousin, Virginia.  This is a picture of the two of them taken over seventy years ago.    Vern went on line to a Historical Website for Shawnee Mission, Kansas (I think) and in a group of pictures, he noticed a wedding picture and his mother was a bridesmaid in the picture.  He contacted the Historical group, they gave him the name of the person who had posted the picture and that is how he re-established contact with Virginia.  So in October of 2007, Maureen, Vern and I drove to Kansas City to meet her.  We toured the old neighborhoods where he had grown up and  the cemeteries where family members are buried. We thoroughly enjoyed meeting this lovely, interesting woman.  Three months later he was gone.  Vern died in  January of 2008.  She and I still stay in touch.