美國流行笑話：Statue of St. Joseph 圣約瑟的塑像

132　Statue of St. Joseph 圣約瑟的塑像

There is a folk belief that if you bury a statue of St. Joseph on a piece of property, it will be sold more quickly. When I was getting ready to move, I buried the St. Joseph near my front door. A few days later a woman made an offer. Since she had to sell her property, I suggested she enlist the help of the saint as well. After a month of burying the statue all over her lawn, she had no nibbles and in disgust put the statue out in her trash. A week later she opened her local paper and read: “Town Sells Landfill to Private Developer.”

有一種民間的信念，就是如果把圣約瑟的塑像埋在一份地產(chǎn)里，這份地產(chǎn)就能較快賣掉。當(dāng)我準(zhǔn)備搬家的時候，我就把圣約瑟的塑像埋在我的前門口。幾天以后就有一個婦女出了價。由于她也要出賣她的地產(chǎn)，我建議她也獲得這位圣徒的幫助。她在她的草坪上埋了許多圣像，但一個月以后依然無人問津。一氣之下，她把圣像扔進(jìn)了垃圾箱。一個星期以后，她打開當(dāng)?shù)貓蠹?，赫然登著一條消息：“市政府把垃圾場賣給私人開發(fā)商”。