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
(Inf - Adverbial to
"put"Note #1)
the wind
(DO of "to keep")
{from ballooning
(Gerund - Object of "from")
it
(DO of "ballooning") away} {from
him}. /
A few miles further
{on},
the
motorcycle
hit
a
tree,
killing
(Gerundive to "motorcycle") the
driver
(DO of "killing")
and
stunning
(Gerundive to "motorcycle")
the fellow
(DO
of "stunning") {with
the reversedNote PPG
coat}. / Later,
[when the
coroner
visited
the
scene,]
he
asked
a rookie policeman
standing
(Gerundive to "policeman") nearby:
["What
happened?"]
/ "Well,"
[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
(Gerundive to "head"Note
#2)
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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