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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