地方報社負(fù)責(zé)刊登死亡訃告的部門電話響了?！暗且黄嚫娑嗌馘X？”……
The phone rang in the obituary department of the local newspaper. "How much does it cost to have an obituary printed"? asked the woman. "It's five dollars a word, ma'am," the clerk replied politely. "Fine," said the woman after a moment. "Got a pencil?" "Yes ma'am." "Got some paper?" "Yes ma'am." "Okay, write this down: 'Cohen dead'." "That's all?" asked the clerk disbelievingly. "That's it." "I'm sorry ma'am, I should have told you - there's a five word minimum." "Yes, you should've," snapped the woman. Now let me think a minute... okay, got a pencil?" "Yes ma'am." "Got some paper?" "Yes, ma'am." "Okay, here goes: 'Cohen dead. Cadillac for Sale.'"
地方報社負(fù)責(zé)刊登死亡訃告的部門電話響了?！暗且黄嚫娑嗌馘X？”一位女士問?！拔迕涝粋€字，太太?！睍泦T禮貌地回答?！昂玫?，”女士沉默了一小會兒，“拿著筆呢嗎？”“是的，夫人。”“紙呢？”“是的，夫人。”“好的，這樣寫：‘科恩去世了’”“就這些了？”書記員疑惑地問道?！皩?，就這些?！薄昂鼙福蛉?，我剛才沒有告訴您，在我們這登訃告最少也得五個字。”“沒錯，你就應(yīng)該告訴我，”女士有點生氣了，“現(xiàn)在我得考慮一下，嗯…拿著筆呢嗎？”“是的，夫人。”“紙呢？”“是的，夫人?！薄昂玫?，這樣寫：‘科恩去世了，出售一輛卡迪拉克轎車?！?/div>