"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."

This cartoon appeared in yesterday's paper:

Shoe

I'm sure that your first reaction upon reading this is the same as mine: "Chiasmus!" And then, "I want to know more!"

Well, podnuh, I'm here to help. Just take a lingering stroll through chiasmus.com and you'll come away with more linguistic sophistication than you ever thought possible. Or, at the very least, a new appreciation for quotes such as this:

"Bill Clinton, before:
I don't know how I can make this any clearer. . .
Bill Clinton, after:
I don't know how I can clear this with my maker. . ."
   [Craig McGowan, Liverpool, New York]
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