Jerry does know how to sling the slang, we'll give him that. In fact, his patter is always more amusing than the Violently Ordinary Rejoinder, something which never gets commented upon in these little vignettes. Anyway, here we learn how the Violently Ordinary Rejoinder affects umbrellas.

Any guesses?


Knocks the sucker clear out of his hat, it does - and the umbrella seems to tilt down too. So: canes stay erect; hats hover; maps freeze. But cigars drop, and umbrellas drop by about 23 degrees.

Thus the mysteries of the Violently Ordinary Rejoinder are gradually revealed.