Seeing It Coming

My brother recently told me a joke: Two turtles collided in the road. And when a third turtle, who was an eyewitness to the incident was asked by the policeman to recount how the accident occurred, the turtle-witness said I don’t know. It happened so fast.

Not too long ago I bumped into a friend who was at a restaurant bar with her friend. She said Did you hear? So-in-so is getting a divorce. The husband found someone else.

I tried to remain emotionless at the news but my expression clearly said it all.

What had transpired was hardly a surprise.

Which is when the friend I was conversing with turned to her friend and said See. I told you. There isn’t a single person out there who could not see that coming.

Except of course for the wife--- and the turtle-witness—who both refused to recognize a slowly moving collision course in plain sight.