| Two
men
were traveling
{on a motorcycle} {on a windy,
winter day}.
When
it
became
too
breezy (PA) {for
one},
he
stopped and
put
his
overcoat
(DO) {on}
backwards
to keep
the wind
{from
ballooning it away} {from him}.
A
few miles
further {on},
the
motorcycle
hit
a
tree
(DO), killing
the
driver
and stunning the
fellow {with the reversed coat}.
Later,
when the coroner
visited
the
scene
(DO), he
asked[CNE]
a
rookie policeman
(IO)[Note #1]
standing nearby: "What
happened?" "Well,"
the
officer replied[CNE],
"one {of
them}
was dead
(PA) when I got
here,
and
{by
the time} I
got
the head
(DO) {of the other one}
straightened
around,
he
was
dead (PA), 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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