A man walked out into the street and managed to get a
taxi just going by. What luck, he thought, as he slid
into the cab.
“Perfect timing,” the cabby said. “You’re just like Bill.”
“Who?”
“Bill Smith. There’s a guy who did everything right,”
the cabby said. “Like my coming along when you needed a
cab. It would have happened like that to Bill every time.”
“Nah,” the man said to the cabby. “There are always a
few clouds over everybody.”
“Not Bill,” said the cabby. “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.”
“Bill was really something, huh?”
“Oh, yeah,” continued the cabby. “Bill 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,” the man said.
“Well, I never actually met Bill,” said the cabby.
“Then how in the world do you know so much about him?”
“I married his widow,” replied the cabby.