Two
men
were
traveling {on a motorcycle} {on
a windy,
winter day}. /
[Adverbial to "stopped" and "put"
When
it
became
too
breezy{for
one}],
he
stopped
and
put his
overcoat
{on}
backwards to keep the
wind
{from ballooning it away} {from him}. /
A few miles further {on},
the
motorcycle
hit
a
tree,
killing
the driver and stunning the
fellow {with the reversed coat}. /
Later, [Adverbial
to "asked" when the
coroner
visited
the
scene,]
he
asked
a rookie policeman
standing nearby:
[DO
of "asked" "What
happened?"]
/ "Well,"
[Note
# 1 the
officer
replied,]
"one {of
them} was dead
[Adverbial
to "was" when
I got
here,]
/
and
{by
the time} [Adjective
to "time" I
got
the
head
{of the other one} straightened
around,]
he
was
dead,
too."
/
Baude's Handbook of Humor for All Occasions.
Compiled by Jacob M. Braude.
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1958. p. 167
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