Teaching By Example

Pam: Well Ross just called. He finally took defensive driving to get a discount on his car insurance.

Ann: Yeah, you said he was going to one of those classes they have at the comedy club.

Pam: He did. I asked him if he learned anything and he said, “Yeah, never date a married woman”.

Ann: What?

Pam: Apparently the comedic defensive driving teacher was severely depressed and spent the entire day brooding over the fact that his married girlfriend won’t leave her husband. When they showed the movie and a car was crushed by a train, the instructor mumbled, “Poor slob’s better off anyway”.

Ann: Now that’s depressed.

Pam: Maybe they should change the name from “The Chuckles Warehouse” to “The Chuck It Warehouse”.

Ann: Here I’d always thought those comedy classes were the way to go to beat the boredom. Troy took his class at a restaurant. When he got there, the hostess took him to a dining room with a full view of the front parking lot. The other students were there but the instructor wasn’t.

They were entertained though, as they watched out the window while some poor guy was getting a traffic ticket.

Pam: How ironic!

Ann: The funny part was when the guy parked and came inside. Turns out he was the instructor!

Pam: Well, they say those who can’t do, teach. Did he tell them what just happened?

Ann: No. You’d think he’d use it as a living example of what not to do. But he just stood up there preaching the gospel according to the Department of Public Safety just like a good televangelist with a deep, dark secret.

Pam: I’m proud to say that I’ve never had a traffic ticket.

Ann: Wow! You’ve been driving for more than twenty-five years and you’ve never been pulled over?

Pam: I didn’t say I’ve never been pulled over!