Two
men
were
traveling {on a motorcycle} {on a windy,
winter day}. /
[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 (NuA
Note #1)
further {on}, the
motorcycle
hit
a
tree,
killing the driver
and
stunning the
fellow {with
the reversed coat}. / Later,
[when
the
coroner
visited
the
scene,]
he
asked
a rookie policeman
standing nearby:
["What
happened?"]
/ "Well
(Interjection),"
[the
officer
replied,]
"one {of
them} was dead
[when
I got here,]
/
and
{by the
time} [I
got
the
head
{of
the other one}
straightened (Noun
Absolute - DO of "got" ) 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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