Here's another one of my unfinished sentences and some responses it elicited in April 1992:
In refuting paranormal powers, magician James Randi writes, "At the risk of being unbearably realistic, I must tell you that Elvis is really dead, the sky is not falling, the earth is not flat, and the fault lies not in our stars, but in ourselves." One event that Randi could have added to this list of misguided beliefs is...
...Life is, unfortunately, real and not one great cosmic joke/dream, so we have to deal with the realization that we're not suddenly going to wake up. (Jenni S.)
...There are no such things as miracles.
(or) Criticism promotes confidence. (Brian W.)
...No one has ever known the ingredients in a can of SPAM. (Paul I.)