Send me your paraprosdokians.
Posted on February 15, 2010
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A paraprosdokian (from Greek “????-”, meaning “beyond” and “?????????”, meaning “expectation”) is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anticlimax.
Groucho Marx was the king of the art form, and more lately, the late Mitch Hedberg.
I find them hysterical:
“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.” — Groucho Marx
“I haven’t slept for ten days, because that would be too long.” — Mitch Hedberg
So I’m starting a collection, and welcome your additions.
Here’s one of mine:
“I had to take my inner child to work today because I couldn’t get a sitter.” – Rory Cohen
Not even sure if this is a paraprosdokian. Anyone know? Looking forward to seeing yours!
I took this photo this morning from my office window. I was moved by the contrast of fire and ice.
Posted on February 15, 2010
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fire and ice
Be Do Have
Posted on February 9, 2010
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Everything you need is in your social network
Posted on February 8, 2010
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Master Marketer, Steve Harrison, puts a high value on relationships. So much so that he tells his Quantum Leap students that THE most important thing they can do every day is focus on building their relationships. www.yourquantumleap.com
I’m taking on the challenge of using the model Steve is teaching to sell the remaining copies of my first book in bulk. I started on Friday, and met my week’s goal of 10 contacts in just one day. I’ll keep you posted here on the blog on my progress.
Getting over the hump to make the first calls was a challenge. I called in the support of my mastermind group to help encourage me. Just posting the note to them motivated me. I got on LinkedIn, and started searching through my groups for people in the fitness/health/weightloss industries…people I know will be interested in my book.
In just an hour I was able to make contacts with 10 people I hadn’t known before, and within another hour, had 2 responses. 10 messages, 2 responses, that’s a 20% response rate, double what you’d normally expect from a cold call!
I couldn’t wait to get up to start again this morning.
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