...amusement parks were a new concept. No one was prepared on that fateful day when the ferris wheel uprooted itself from the concrete and rolled menacingly toward the unsuspecting city...
"Back in the day... You could see a good Freak Show for a nickle. I remember one... These two Siamese brothers... One was a Taylor, the other was a mathematician...
Luckily Wilford remembered to take his camera and snap the last known photo of the Siamese twins. Seconds after the picture was shot, the ferris wheel rolled over them separating Taylor and his brother forever. As if that wasn't bad enough...
... a passer-by made light of the shocking scene by announcing loudly, "A Stitch in Time Saves Nine". He couldn't help himself (nor did he try); those puns flowed from his quick brain like quicksand, and a groan from his admirers (few in number, but appreciated) was a true compliment. If he had to explain (Stitch = Tailor, Nine = Mathematician, Surgery has stitches), it lost its momentum. Meanwhile, the rest of the crowd...
...lamenting the total breakdown of the city's public transit system, hopped onto the ferris wheel for a ride downtown. Later, when they reached their destination they realized that they hadn't devised a way to disembark. On board was a relatively smart man named Max McGee who said, "I know what we can do. Let's..."
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...amusement parks were a new concept. No one was prepared on that fateful day when the ferris wheel uprooted itself from the concrete and rolled menacingly toward the unsuspecting city...
(in a smokey whiskey voice)
"Back in the day...
You could see a good Freak Show for a nickle.
I remember one...
These two Siamese brothers... One was a Taylor, the other was a mathematician...
Luckily Wilford remembered to take his camera and snap the last known photo of the Siamese twins. Seconds after the picture was shot, the ferris wheel rolled over them separating Taylor and his brother forever. As if that wasn't bad enough...
... a passer-by made light of the shocking scene by announcing loudly, "A Stitch in Time Saves Nine". He couldn't help himself (nor did he try); those puns flowed from his quick brain like quicksand, and a groan from his admirers (few in number, but appreciated) was a true compliment. If he had to explain (Stitch = Tailor, Nine = Mathematician, Surgery has stitches), it lost its momentum. Meanwhile, the rest of the crowd...
...lamenting the total breakdown of the city's public transit system, hopped onto the ferris wheel for a ride downtown. Later, when they reached their destination they realized that they hadn't devised a way to disembark. On board was a relatively smart man named Max McGee who said, "I know what we can do. Let's..."
...lassoo this passing lampost and swing Tarzan-like down to the pavement, avoiding the pedestrians.
The upshot was.....
...They bought a brand new book of Anagrams and looked up Astronomers....how odd they thought...moon starers
Tom, Dick and Harry ditches work.
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