當你開車在野外卻意外地發(fā)現(xiàn)沒有汽油了，除了向他人伸出援手別無選擇。在這種得救的時刻，或許每個人都會說一句“感謝上帝”，哪怕裝汽油的容器竟然是個便盆（bedpand）。呵呵~一起微笑著來聽聽這篇幽默風趣的小短文吧，這個故事告訴我們，妻子的話有時候還是得聽。Hints：Al Batt | Hartland | Allen
The Incident with the Bedpan by Al Batt I am one of those men who likes to live on the edge. By that I mean that I do not fill my pickup with gasoline until the needle of the fuel gauge has dipped well into the red area. The red, of course, means danger. This habit of mine does not go unnoticed by my wife. Wives do not miss much. She is constantly reminding me of the foolishness of my actions or my inactions. She is forever telling me that I am going to run out of gas one day and then I would be sorry. I listen to her. Our wedding vows stated that I had to love, honor and listen to her. I listen and then I wait until that needle ventures into the red before fueling up. I was on a pizza run to Hartland the other day when the old pickup sputtered and ran out of gas. It really wasn't my fault. I think the fuel gauge must have gone bad. That happens a lot. I could hear my wife's voice telling me how sorry I would be if I ran out of gas. I knew that I would truly be sorry If she found out that I had run out of gas. I could just hear her," Honestly, If Allen's brains were gasoline, he wouldn't have enough to prime the lawn mower." Or, "Allen, the village called, it is missing its idiot."
便盆信仰記 作者：阿爾·巴特 我是那類喜歡生活在危險邊緣的人。這么說的意思是，燃油表指針不降到紅色區(qū)域我是不會給我那輛皮卡加油的。“紅色”當然意味著危險。我這習慣逃不過我太太的眼睛。太太們一般都不會忽略什么東西。她經(jīng)常提醒我，做這些或者不做那些其實有多笨多蠢。她一直跟我說，總有一天車子會突然沒油，我就會后悔莫及。我有聽她的話。我們的結婚誓言里說好的，我必須愛慕她，尊敬她，聽從她。她的話我有聽，不過我還是等那指針指向紅色區(qū)域才去加油。 有一天，我開車去哈特蘭德買比薩餅，路上，這輛老皮卡噼啪響了一陣，然后就沒油了。這真的不是我的錯。我覺得燃油表肯定是壞了。常有這種事的嘛。我似乎又聽到太太的聲音，對我說著，一旦半路沒油我會多么后悔莫及。我知道，要是給她發(fā)現(xiàn)我半路沒了汽油，我才真是后悔莫及啊。我?guī)缀跄苈牭剿谡{侃道，“老實說，如果艾倫的腦子里裝的是汽油，光給割草機加油也不夠用啊?！庇只蛘?，“艾倫，村里打電話來說，他們的白癡不見了?！?/div>