Winston Churchill loved paraprosdokians, figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected.
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it. –Groucho Marx
He taught me housekeeping; when I divorce I keep the house. –Zsa Zsa Gabor
I haven’t slept for 10 days, because that would be too long. –Mitch Hedberg
Standing in the park today, I was wondering why a frisbee looks larger the closer it gets...then it hit me. –Stewart Francis
When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them. –Rodney Dangerfield
My husband can't stand to see trash and garbage lying around the house – he can't stand the competition. –Phyllis Diller
Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time. –George Carlin
There are three kinds of people in the world – those who can count, and those who can’t. –Unknown
I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world because they'd never expect it. –Jack Handey
The company accountant is shy and retiring. He's shy a quarter of a million dollars. That's why he's retiring. –Milton Berle
I’m a very tolerant man, except when it comes to holding a grudge. –Robin Williams
I saw a bank that said “24 Hour Banking,'”but I don't have that much time. –Stephen Wright
Always remember my grandfather’s last words: “A truck!” –Emo Phillips
Half of all marriages end in divorce—and then there are the really unhappy ones. –Joan Rivers