I dialed my boyfriend's new telephone number, and got a woman. “Is Mike there?” I asked. “He's in the shower,” she responded. “Please tell him his girlfriend called,” I said and hung up. When he didn't return the call, I dialed again. This time a man answered. “This is Mike,” he said. “You're not my boyfriend!” I exclaimed. “I know,” he replied. “That's what I've been trying to tell my wife for the past half-hour.”
我撥了男朋友的新電話號碼,一個女人接電話。我問:“麥克在嗎?”她說:“他在洗澡?!薄罢埬愀嬖V他,他的女朋友打電話給他。”說完我就掛了。我的男朋友沒有回電,于是我又打過去。這次是一個男的接電話。他說:“我是麥克?!蔽掖蠛捌饋恚骸澳悴皇俏业哪信笥?!”他說:“我知道哇。這正是我在這半小時里想要向我太太說明白的事?!?