President John Kennedy said, “Mankind must put an end to war — or war will put an end to mankind.”
Our ears heard it, but we could not believe our ears.
The theory sounds all wrong; but if the experiment is a success, I cant worry about theory.
“Next time there won’t be a next time.” (Phil Leotardo in The Sopranos)
To report that a raise in wages is still under discussion is to tell us that there is nothing to report.
Nothing is worse than doing nothing.
Anyone wonder who comes up with the unpronounceable names for these pesky little rhetorical devices? Come on, epanalepsis? Even spell-check doesn’t recognize it. I can’t wait to throw it out at my next cocktail party: “Myrtle, darling, have you been caught using any epanalepses lately? No? Hmmm, you’re saying our ears heard it but we shouldn’t believe our own ears?” Thanks, Jules.
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LOL…very funny. I do love those unpronounceable names that no one, including me, remembers.
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