Taylor and the Ditch

Taylor had style. He bought shoes often and wore his pants according to the trends of male actors. He carried a list in his pocket of common French phrases being used by modern celebrities.
With others he practiced abusive politeness. He loudly blessed sneezers and even more loudly laughed out loud in public. He imagined that his laughs were a pleasant way of sharing with everybody else how happy he was. Above all else, Taylor was popularly liked but not well liked. At him any man would bob his head, and all of the women sprinkled hellos. Busy accepting bobbed heads and sprinkled hellos, Taylor still could call no man or woman friend enough to pull him out of a ditch if that sort of situation ever arose.
Taylor was stuck in a ditch not too far from the city sidewalk. Approximately, his to the sidewalk was three yards. Many people with whom Taylor was not a friend enough to pull him out of a ditch passed by Taylor but they were not friends enough to pull him out of the ditch.