English Original
A census taker in a rural area went up to a farmhouse and knocked. When a woman came to the door, he asked her how many children she had and their ages.
She said, "Let's see now, there's the twins, Sally and Billy, they're eighteen. And the twins, Seth and Beth, they're sixteen. And the twins, Penny and Jenny, they're fourteen."
"Hold on!" said the census taker, "Did you get twins every time?"
The woman answered, "Heck no, there were hundreds of times we didn't get nothin'."
中文翻译
一位人口普查员来到乡下一处农舍，敲了敲门。一位女士应声开门后，他询问她有几个孩子以及他们的年龄。
她说：“让我想想，有双胞胎萨莉和比利，他们十八岁。还有双胞胎塞思和贝丝，他们十六岁。还有双胞胎彭妮和珍妮，他们十四岁。”
“等等！”普查员说，“你每次生的都是双胞胎吗？”
那位女士回答：“当然不是，有几百次我们啥也没怀上。”