Amazing Gentleman

A man walks into the street and manages to get a taxi just going by. He gets into the taxi, and the cabbie says, "Perfect timing. You're just like Thomas." 

 
Passenger: "Who?" 

 
Cabbie: "Thomas Strombolli. There's a guy who did everything right. Like my coming along when you needed a cab. It would have happened like that to Thomas every single time." 
 
Passenger: "There are always a few clouds over everybody." 

 
Cabbie: "Not Thomas. 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 

and you should have heard him play the piano." 

 
Passenger: "Sounds like he was something, huh?" 

 
Cabbie: "He had a memory like a computer. Could remember everybody's birthday. He knew all about wine, which foods to order and which fork to eat them with. 

He could fix anything. Not like me. I change a fuse, and the whole neighborhood blacks out." 

 
Passenger. "Wow, some guy eh? 

 
Cabbie: "He always knew the quickest way to go in traffic and avoid traffic jams, not like me, I always seem to get into them" 

 
Passenger: "Mmm, not many like that around" 

 
Cabbie: "And he knew how to treat a woman and make her feel good and never answer her back even if she was in the wrong; and his clothing was always immaculate, shoes highly polished too." 

 
Passenger: "An amazing fellow. How did you meet him?" 

 
Cabbie: "Well, I never actually met Thomas." 
 
Passenger: "Then how do you know so much about him?" 
 
Cabbie: "I married his widow."

~author unknown~

Background music: Tijuana Taxi, a big hit for Herb Alpert.