As the snow started to fall, he tugged his coat tighter around himself. Too tight, as it turned out. “This is the fourth coat crushing this year”, said the sergeant as he outlined the body with a special pencil that writes on snow.
— Jack Handey
(via erockappel)
Jack Handey has a genius for economy — I love how many times this line surprised me, using so few words. (The Little Lytton is a competition for great lines just of this type.)
