Passenger: “Who?”
Cabbie: "Frank
Feldman. He's a guy who did everything right all the
time. Like my coming along when you needed a cab, things
happened like that to Frank Feldman every single time."
Passenger: "There are
always a few clouds over everybody."
Cabbie: "Not Frank
Feldman, he was a terrific athlete. He could have won
the Grand-Slam at 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. He was an amazing guy."
Passenger: "Sounds
like he was something really special."
Cabbie:
"There's more... He had a memory like a computer. He
remembered 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 street blacks out. But Frank Feldman, he could
do everything right."
Passenger: "Wow, some
guy then."
Cabbie: "He always
knew the quickest way to go in traffic and avoid traffic
jams. Not like me, I always seem to get stuck in them.
But Frank, he never made a mistake, and he really knew
how to treat a woman and make her feel good. He would
never answer her back even if she was in the wrong; and
his clothing was always immaculate, shoes highly
polished too. He was the perfect man! He never made a
mistake. No one could ever measure up to Frank Feldman."
Passenger: "An amazing
fellow. How did you meet him?"
Cabbie:
"Well, I never actually met Frank. He died. I'm married
to his fuckin' widow."