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发信人: dandy (长路漫漫踏歌而行), 信区: English
标 题: Joke for November 15, 1999
发信站: 紫 丁 香 (Tue Nov 16 08:16:34 1999), 转信
Joke for November 15, 1999
IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS
Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered.
Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able
to give their elderly mother.
The first said, "I built a big house for our mother." The
second said, "I sent her a Mercedes with a driver." The third
smiled and said, "I've got you both beat. You remember how mom
enjoyed reading the Bible? And you know she can't see very well.
So I sent her a remarkable parrot that recites the entire Bible.
It took elders in the church 12 years to teach him. He's one of
a kind. Mama just has to name the chapter and verse, and the
parrot recites it."
I've got you both beat: 我把你们都比下去了。
parrot:鹦鹉
Soon thereafter, mom sent out her letters of thanks:
"Milton," she wrote one son, "The house you built is so huge.
I live in only one room, but I have to clean the whole house."
"Gerald," she wrote to another, "I am too old to travel. I
stay most of the time at home, so I rarely use the Mercedes. And
the driver is so rude!"
"Dearest Donald," she wrote to her third son, "You have the
good sense to know what your mother likes. The chicken was
delicious."
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昔我往矣,杨柳依依,今我来思,雨雪霏霏。
行道迟迟,载渴载饥, 我心伤悲,哀人莫知。
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