Please Hang Up and Try Again | 请挂断重拨

English Original

A man calls home to tell his wife he'll be home early. A strange woman answers.

"Who is this?" the confused man asks.

"This is the maid," she replies.

"We don't have a maid," he says.

"I was hired this morning by the lady of the house."

"I told her we didn't need one," the man mutters. "Well, this is her husband. Is she there?"

"She is upstairs in the bedroom with someone... who I thought was her husband."

Realizing what's happening, the man begins to fume. After a moment, he says, "Listen, would you like to make $50,000?"

The maid hesitates. "What do I have to do?"

"Get my gun from the desk and shoot the witch and the jerk she's with."

The maid pauses, puts the phone down. The man hears footsteps, then two gunshots.

She returns to the phone, breathing heavily. "What do I do with the bodies?"

Despondent, the man replies, "Throw them in the swimming pool."

"But you don't have a pool," the maid says, puzzled.

A long pause follows.

Another long pause.

Finally, the man asks:

"Is this 567-5309?"


中文翻译

一个男人打电话回家,想告诉妻子他会提前回家。一个陌生女人接了电话。

"你是谁?" 困惑的男人问道。

"我是女佣," 她回答。

"我们没有女佣," 他说。

"我是今天早上被女主人雇来的。"

"我告诉过她我们不需要," 男人低声抱怨。"好吧,我是她丈夫。她在吗?"

"她在楼上的卧室里,和一个人在一起……我还以为那是她丈夫。"

男人意识到发生了什么,开始怒火中烧。过了一会儿,他说:"听着,你想赚五万美元吗?"

女佣犹豫了。"我需要做什么?"

"从书桌里拿出我的枪,打死那个贱人和她身边的混蛋。"

女佣停顿了一下,放下了电话。男人听到了脚步声,然后是两声枪响。

她回到电话旁,气喘吁吁。"尸体怎么处理?"

男人沮丧地回答:"扔进游泳池。"

"但你们没有游泳池啊," 女佣困惑地说。

一阵漫长的沉默。

又一阵漫长的沉默。

最后,男人问道:

"请问是 567-5309 吗?"

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