Paraprosdokian

A paraprosdokian (from Greek "παρα-", meaning "faulty" and

"προσδοκία", 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 the first part.

Examples:

1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it.

2. The car stopped on a dime, which unfortunately was in a

pedestrian's pocket.

3. "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it." —

Groucho Marx

4. "I want to die like my father, quietly, in his sleep—not screaming

and terrified like his passengers." — Bob Monkhouse[5]

5. "I don't have a girlfriend; I just know a girl who would get really
mad if she heard me say that." — Mitch Hedberg

6. "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after

they've tried everything else." — Winston Churchill

7. "My parents threw quite the going-away party for me... according
to the letter." — Emo Philips

8. "I decided to go into a draconian diet, cutting alcohol, fat, and

sugar. In two weeks, I lost 14 days." — Tim Maia

9. The longest sentence consists of only two words: I do.

10.I don't approve of political jokes. I've seen too many of them get
elected.

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

12.Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

13."I've got all the money I'll ever need, so long as I die by four
o'clock."
14.Now, you take my wife . . . PLEASE! —Henny Youngman

15.Your argument is sound, nothing but sound. --Benjamin Franklin

16.If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with
enthusiasm. --Vince Lombardi

17.If you can’t change the people, then change the people.