Too Many Coats | 墙衣太厚

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After a two-week vacation, a man returned to his office. One of his colleagues asked him how his vacation had been.

"I spent the whole two weeks helping my wife paint the rooms in our house," he groaned.

"Does she do that often?"

"Well," came the reply, "when we moved in a few years ago, the guest room was nine by twelve feet. Now it's eight by eleven!"

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