"But it is not against the law to pick up a piece of rope and take home!"
"I told you I had bad luck, didn't I?" the man sighed, "The trouble is that I didn't notice there was an ox at the other end of that rope."
在監(jiān)獄里,一個(gè)人問(wèn)新來(lái)的犯人為什么被關(guān)進(jìn)來(lái)。新來(lái)的犯人回答說(shuō):“我想我真是倒霉。幾天前我在街上走的時(shí)候,看到一根臟繩子,以為沒(méi)人要了,便撿起來(lái)帶了回家。”
“但是,撿一根繩子帶回家并不犯法啊!”“我告訴過(guò)你我倒霉了吧?”那個(gè)人嘆了口氣,“麻煩的就是我沒(méi)有注意到繩子的那一頭還有一頭公牛。”