PARAPROSDOKIANS XXXI

From Reader's Digest

July, 2008

Submitted by Sandra Boletchek 

I was admiring a picture on my design client's wall when she came up from behind and mentioned, "That's my mother and her dog."

   "She's very attractive," I said.

   "She was more like a friend, really. I miss her."

   "She's no longer alive?" I asked.

   "No. But my mother is."

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From Reader's Digest

December, 2008

Arthur Carlson

According to a news story, if global warming continues, in 20 years the only chance we'll have to see a polar bear is in a zoo. So in other words, nothing is going to change.