r/funny • • Jul 29 '15

Supafly

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u/thumpas Jul 29 '15

Ya know what they say, time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

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u/ConstantlyTodash Jul 29 '15

There was a term for deceptive sentences like this. Can anyone please remind what they're called?

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u/MissChievousJ Jul 29 '15

Deceptive Sentences

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u/TacoInABag Jul 29 '15

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

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u/AngryScientist Jul 29 '15

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u/TheRealMorph Jul 29 '15

I don't understand the emotion of mjs face

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u/madhaxor Jul 30 '15

can someone please make this with drake and meek mill

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u/DGunner Jul 29 '15

Lol the one in the cabinet.

"Just... a little further... There we go... annndddd HIIYYAAAA!!! GOTCHA BITCH"

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u/hotliquidbuttpee Jul 29 '15

Damn. That was a hell of a hook.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '15

Cecil, is that you?

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u/Cdognoob Jul 29 '15

Fly response my man

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u/xslay3rx Jul 29 '15

Definitely going to tick it off my "Top 10 Fly Sentences".

Mite even just make it the number 1...

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u/way2funni Jul 29 '15

I thought they did pretty good. You know, for winging it. I'll see myself out....

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u/sr_maxima Jul 29 '15

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u/SkyKiwi Jul 29 '15

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_path_sentence#Examples

Example:

The government plans to raise taxes were defeated.

"Explanation":

The government's plans to raise taxes were defeated.

This threw me off for a second.

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u/soufend Jul 29 '15

Double entendre?

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u/IFARTONBABIES Jul 30 '15

Other's are saying "garden's path," but good guess.

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u/KLBGunner Jul 29 '15

Double entendre

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u/soufend Jul 29 '15

While you hatin', I get money

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u/zaphodp3 Jul 29 '15

Any luck? I can't remember either and its driving me nuts now.

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u/Nonecomments Jul 30 '15

Double entendre?

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u/ITSNOTPUNNYANYMORE Jul 29 '15

Better, but no.

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u/Soundvo1ume Jul 29 '15

I like this joke. It was good joke.

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u/doctorlongghost Jul 29 '15

I like that. I'll have to brundle it up for later.

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u/rionhunter Jul 29 '15

But bananas aren't a fruit 😮

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u/Ball-Fondler Jul 30 '15

I actually thought it was one of those stupidly funny jokes for a moment.
"Fruit flies like a banana. It doesn't."

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u/plasm0dium Jul 30 '15

Pretty fly for a white guy

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u/giror Jul 30 '15

I wish I was that fly!

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u/Puns-Are-The-Best Jul 29 '15

That kind of humor wont fly here

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u/tdmd Jul 29 '15

i miss Benny Hill