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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