The Spaghetti Postcard | 意大利面条明信片

English Original

A doctor was having an affair with his nurse. Shortly afterward, she told him she was pregnant. Not wanting his wife to know, he gave the nurse a sum of money and asked her to go to Italy to have the baby.

"But how will I let you know the baby is born?" she asked.

He replied, "Just send me a postcard and write 'spaghetti' on the back. I'll take care of the expenses." Not knowing what else to do, the nurse took the money and flew to Italy.

Six months later, the doctor's wife called him at the office. "Dear, you received a very strange postcard in the mail today from Europe, and I don't understand what it means."

The doctor said, "Just wait until I get home, and I will explain it to you."

Later that evening, the doctor came home, read the postcard, and fell to the floor with a heart attack.

Paramedics rushed him to the ER. The lead medic stayed back to comfort the wife. He asked what trauma had precipitated the cardiac arrest.

The wife picked up the card and read, "Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti — Two with sausage and meatballs, two without."


中文翻译

一位医生与他的护士有染。不久后,护士告诉他她怀孕了。医生不想让妻子知道,便给了护士一笔钱,让她去意大利生下孩子。

护士问:“那我怎么告诉你孩子出生了呢?”

医生回答:“给我寄张明信片,背面写上‘意大利面条’就行。费用我来承担。”护士不知如何是好,便拿了钱飞往意大利。

六个月后,医生的妻子打电话到办公室对他说:“亲爱的,你今天收到一张从欧洲寄来的奇怪明信片,我看不懂是什么意思。”

医生说:“等我回家再向你解释。”

当晚,医生回到家,读了那张明信片后,心脏病发作倒在地上。

护理人员迅速将他送往急诊室。为首的医护人员留下来安慰妻子,询问是什么创伤导致了这次心脏骤停。

妻子拿起卡片念道:“意大利面条,意大利面条,意大利面条,意大利面条——两份加香肠和肉丸,两份不加。”

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