An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable who can make people laugh.
-Will Rogers-
A non sequitur is an illogical statement which elicits laughter because of the juxtaposition of the two elements. One must have at least a basic grasp of logic even to recognise the non sequitur.
I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I'll never know. (Groucho Marx)
Big Sale - Last Week!
Did you get that one? How about this:
Clean and decent dancing every night but Sunday.
Humour is difficult and a little scary for the uninitiated but extremely rewarding to read when well-written. I suggest you get hold of A Cat Called Birmingham and You Can Take The Cat Out Of Slough... (both by Chris Pascoe) if you want to read effervescent, laugh-out-loud humour in just about every line. But for now, don't be scared, try your hand at humour. Write a non sequitur from this:
The court awards your wife £ 1000 a month for support.
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