PARAPROSDOKIANS IV
A couple from Brooklyn went to a reception at an exclusive private school in Manhattan where they hoped to send their child. The conversation turned to Mozart. "Absolutely brilliant!" the other parents gushed. "What a prodigy!"
Anxious to join the discussion, the Brooklyn woman said, "Ah, Mozart! Only this morning I saw him get on the No. 5 bus to Coney Island!" There was a sudden hush. Her husband was mortified. He pulled her aside. "Get your coat," he whispered. "We're leaving." And he hustled her out the door.
"What's wrong?" she asked. "Are you angry about something?"
"I've never been so embarrassed in my life! he replied. "You saw Mozart take the No. 5 bus to Coney Island? You idiot! Don't you know the No. 5 bus goes to Yonkers?"
Friday, October 12, 2018
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