Monday, September 22, 2008

Super Dave

A man walks out into the street and manages to get a taxi just going by.
He gets into the taxi, and the cabbie says, "Perfect timing. You're just
like Dave."


"Who?"


"Dave Bronson. There's a guy who did everything right. Like my coming
along when you needed a cab. It would have happened like that to Dave
every single time."


"There are always a few clouds over everybody."


"Not Dave. He was a terrific athlete. He could have gone on the pro tour
in tennis. He could golf with the pros. He sang like an opera baritone
and danced like a Broadway star."


"He was something, huh?"


"He had a memory like a trap. Could remember everybody's birthday. He
knew all about wine, which fork to eat with. He could fix anything. Not
like me. I change a fuse, and the whole neighborhood blacks out."


"No wonder you remember him."


"Well, I never actually met Dave."


"Then how do you know so much about him?"


"I married his widow."

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