Just like Bill

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?" asked the man.
"Bill Smith. There's a guy who did everything right," the cabby said. "Like my coming along when you needed a taxi. It would have happened like that to Bill every time."
"Naw," 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, eh?"
"Oh, aye," 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 neighbourhood 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.


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