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Below are some
techniques that are to help you
to
create
memorable humorous phrases
and
become a
celebrity. |
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Unexpected Turn
The
brain likes to race ahead because it presumes it already knows
the most likely scenario. Deceive these expectations in a funny way. |
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When I was kidnapped, my parents
snapped into action. They rented out my room.
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Woody
Allen |
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Retargeting
Use a well known phrase to describe a
different reality. |
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Grotesque
Shape comically absurd phrases to
stress your point. |
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Be careful about reading health books.
You may die of a misprint. |
Mark Twain |
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I am so clever that sometimes I don't
understand a single word of what I am saying. |
Oscar
Wilde |
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Impressive Metaphor
Make a statement and illustrate it
with an impressive metaphor in a funny way. |
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Everything in this world is relative.
For instance, the length of the minute depends on which side of the
toilet door you’re on. |
Mikhail Zhvanetsky |
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Unexpected
Explanation
Make a statement and then explain it
in an unexpected funny way. |
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Participation in
governmental meetings is dangerous for life ‒
they can bore you
to death. |
Vadim Kotelnikov |
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I find television very educating.
Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and
read a book. |
Groucho Marx |
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Unexpected
Conclusion
Think what would a logical way to
conclude the first part of your phrase and draw quite a different
conclusion. |
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Outside-the-Box
Solution
Challenge assumptions,
question the everyday things everyone takes for granted to come up
with a funny
outside-the-box solution.
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Opposite Truth
Take a statement that is self-evident
for most people and express the opposite point of view that reveals
a less usual truth.
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A man can be
happy with any woman,
as long as he does not love her. |
Oscar
Wilde |
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Ugly Truth
Express in funny, sometimes self-critical, way a well known fact or
feeling people are usually shy to speak about.
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There is nothing so
annoying as to have two people talking when you're busy
interrupting. |
Mark Twain |
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I'm very proud of my gold pocket
watch.
My grandfather, on his deathbed,
sold me this watch. |
Woody
Allen |
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Funny Faults
Talk about shortcomings, faults and
bad
attitudes in a funny way.
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Yes, But
Divide your statement into two parts ‒
start conventionally, finish non-conventionally.
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Women are made to be loved,
not understood. |
Oscar
Wilde |
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Up and Down
Create an expectation and then destroy
it is a funny way.
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New Application
Apply a common-knowledge statement or
advice in a new funny way.
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Family can substitute
everything else. So, before creating a family, think what's
more important for you: family or everything else. |
Faina
Ranevskaya |
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From High To Low
First, make a higher level statement,
then bring it down to earth.
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I believe there is something out there
watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government. |
Woody
Allen |
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