An Experiment in Gyro-Hats
By the author of "Pigs is Pigs."
Book Excerpt
Walsingham Gribbs looked at my wife, and then smiled.
"Very well," he said, "if what you wanted was to have him drunk, I'll admit that he is about the drunkest man I have ever seen. I only spoke as I did in order that I might spare your feelings, for most wives object to seeing their husbands stagger and reel. I myself stagger and reel continually, and I have never tasted intoxicating liquor in my life, but I can share the feelings of one who staggers and reels, or who has a relative that staggers and reels."
At this my wife said:
"Are you not Walsingham Gribbs? If you are I am delighted to have met you, even in this unconventional manner, for what brought us here will interest you."
She then told him of the gyro-hat I had invented, and explained just why I had come to this place and had swallowed the strong brandy. I took no part in this conversation, but Walsingham gladly agreed to accompany us, and he put my gyro-hat on my head.
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It's an oldish story, but still surprisingly funny. Read it if you want to be amused, there's not a mean or cruel word in it.
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Plot bullets
A hatter and inventor, has a daughter who is in love.
His daughter's boyfriend has a problem, at first misunderstood, which makes him walk with a stagger.
The hatter invents a hat with a gyroscope inside, which should cure his problem.
The inventor makes some rather embarrassing self tests.
At last it is tested on the boy.
The results are favorable, but not for the reasons expected.