Jack’s Winning Words 5/2/17
“If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate.”  (Henry Tillman)  This quote is an example of a paraprosdokianism, where a sentence has an unexpected conclusion.  In high school chemistry we did solution/precipitate experiments.  In high school English I learned that the word, precipitate, means, a cause.  I read this truism somewhere …“You’re either part of the solution, or part of the problem.”  That fits many world and personal situations.    ;-)  Jack

FROM BB IN ILLINOIS:  So fun and surprising.  I recall the precipitate; it’s been a long time since college chemistry.====JACK:  I most often used precipitate, in terms of "starting something."  In today's political world, words seem to be the precipitate.

FROM BLAZING OAKS:  Well, that's a new  one! Although the "truism" is not...hopefully we're wise enough to realize when we are one or the other!! :-( ====JACK:  Try to work paraprosdokian into a conversation today and see what response you get.  First, practice saying the word.

FROM TARMART REV:   . . always wanting to be part of a solution, in deed!====JACK:  It's no fun being part of the problem.

FROM DAZ IN  COLORADO:  There is no middle ground Work on the solution or you may not like the one you get handed to you.====JACK:  It may be trite, but it's true...Not to decide is to decide.  Those who "don't want to get involved" are involved, whether they like it, or not.