This is like a story told of W.S. Gilbert, of Gilbert & Sullivan fame, who “ready wit” must have made him a hard man to have a conversation with. The story is related that when he was standing in front of a theater (and he made a fortune from the stage, quite apart from his work with Sullivan). As he was standing there, a chap mistook him for a doorman and said, in somewhat peremptory fashion, “Call me a cab!”
Gilbert looked at the man, and with a little “humpf” that often preceded his witticisms, said, “Very well. You’re a four-wheeler”.
“What?!” replied the man. “How dare you—”
“You asked me to call you a cab. And you certainly aren’t handsome”.
This is like a story told of W.S. Gilbert, of Gilbert & Sullivan fame, who “ready wit” must have made him a hard man to have a conversation with. The story is related that when he was standing in front of a theater (and he made a fortune from the stage, quite apart from his work with Sullivan). As he was standing there, a chap mistook him for a doorman and said, in somewhat peremptory fashion, “Call me a cab!”
Gilbert looked at the man, and with a little “humpf” that often preceded his witticisms, said, “Very well. You’re a four-wheeler”.
“What?!” replied the man. “How dare you—”
“You asked me to call you a cab. And you certainly aren’t handsome”.