Joke of the week [469 = year 10, #1] "Geddit?": (40), idiom 14 (July 11, 2011 - July 17, 2011)  

Q: What do you call it when your parachute doesn't open?
A: Jumping to a conclusion.*      pun on the literal versus the idiomatic meaning of to jump to a conclusion
   www.dict.cc/?s=to+jump+to+the+conclusion+that  &  www.linguee.de/englisch-deutsch/uebersetzung/jump+to+a+conclusion.html  
  cf: 21, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, etc.

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