Tips from Joe Bruno

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I still use the excellent Kendal library for paper books, and often alternate paper and ebooks.

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A paraprosdokian is a sentence or statement with an unexpected ending. It means “against expectations” in Greek.

Will glass coffins be a success? Remains to be seen. 

What’s the difference between a hippo and a zippo? One is really heavy and the other is a little lighter. 

Hear about the new restaurant called Karma?There’s no menu - you get what you deserve. 

I went to buy some camouflage trousers yesterday, but couldn't find any. 

What do you call a bee that can’t make up its mind? A maybe. 

I tried to sue the airline for losing my luggage.  I lost my case. 

Is it ignorance or apathy that's destroying the world today? I don't know and don't really care.

I wasn’t originally going to get a brain transplant, but then I changed my mind. 

Which country’s capital has the fastest-growing population? Ireland. Every day it’s Dublin. 

I saw an ad for burial plots, and I thought: “That’s the last thing I need!” 

Need an ark? I Noah guy. 

You’re not completely useless, you can always serve as a bad example. 

I broke my finger last week. On the other hand, I’m okay. 

Did you hear about the guy who got hit in the head with a can of soda? He was lucky it was a soft drink. 

To the mathematician who thought of the idea of zero. Thanks for nothing! 

Son: "Dad, can you tell me what a solar eclipse is?”   Dad: "No sun.”

From Jane Hart via Barbara Bruno.

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