The landlady said to the hard-up author: "When will you pay the arrears of room rent?"
The author replied: "I will pay you as soon as I receive the check that the publisher will send me if he accepts the novel that I am about to start writing when I have found a suitable subject and the necessary inspiration."
房东太太对手头拮据的作家说：“你欠交的房租什么时候付清呀？”
作家回答说：“等我找到了合适的主题，也有了必要的灵感，就立即着手写一本小说。只要出版商接受了，他就会给我送来支票。我一收到支票，马上就付清所欠的房租。”
At an auction, the owner offers a reward for a lost bag, ...
A woman wears a locket containing her husband's hair, exp...
A girl tells her mother she was punished at school for so...
A little girl earns money from a boy for doing cartwheels...
A patient who drank gasoline is told by the doctor to sim...
A mother tells her son not to be selfish and to share his...
Three professors miss their train while chatting. Two boa...
A blind man in a bar offers to tell a blonde joke, only t...
A humorous dialogue where a boy drinks a lot of water aft...
A worried wife warns her husband about a wrong-way driver...
A farmer, relieved to learn his wife fell out of the car,...
A dentist explains an unusually high charge for a tooth e...
A pregnant woman asks when her baby will move, and the do...
A man asks a pharmacist if he can get Viagra "over the co...
A man is devastated after being told he must take medicat...
A son asks his father for a dime. When the father suggest...
A woman asks a seemingly elderly man on his porch for his...
A widow, grieving her late husband, hears his voice one n...
A man receives contradictory advice on how to dress for a...
A woman complains of pain "all over" her body to her doct...