“我们的地下室里有一只臭鼬，”打电话的人对警察调度员尖叫道。“我们怎样才能把它弄出来？”

“弄一些面包屑，”调度员说，“从地下室往外铺一条小道直到后院。然后将地下室的门打开。”

一段时间后，那位居民又将电话打了回来。“你们将它弄出来了吗？”调度员问。

“没有，”打电话的人答道，“现在那儿有两只臭鼬了。”

Skunk

＂We have a skunk in the basement,＂ shrieked the caller to the police dispatcher. ＂How can we get it out?＂

＂Take some bread crumbs,＂ said the dispatcher, ＂and put down a trail from the basement out to the back yard. Then leave the cellar door open.＂

Sometime later the resident called back. ＂Did you get rid of it?＂ asked the dispatcher.

＂No,＂ replied the caller. ＂Now I have two skunks in there!＂

优缺点

“这幢房子，”房地产推销商说，“既有优点也有缺点。为了说明我是诚实的，我将告诉你们它的缺点 - 往南面一个街区是一家化工厂，往北面一个街区是一家屠宰场。”

“那么它的长处呢？”预备购买房子的人问道。

“它的好处，”代理商说道，“就是，你总能分清风是从哪边吹过来的。”

Good Points and Bad Points

This house, said the real-estate salesman, has both its good points and bad points. To show you I'm honest, I'm goint to tell you about the disadvantage - there is a chemical plant one block south and a slaughterhouse one block north.

What are the advantages inquired the prospective buyer.

The good thing about it, said the agent, is that you can always tell which way the wind is blowing.