English Original
One morning, Mrs. Ferdinand said to her husband, "Roger, there's a meeting at Mrs. Young's house at lunch time today, and I want to go. I'll leave you some food for your lunch. Is that all right?"
"Oh, yes," her husband answered. "That's quite all right. What are you going to leave for my lunch?"
"This tin of fish," Mrs. Ferdinand said, "and there are some cold, boiled potatoes and some beans here, too."
"That's good," Mr. Ferdinand said. "I'll have a good lunch."
So Mrs. Ferdinand went to her meeting. All the ladies lunched at Mrs. Young's house, and at three o'clock Mrs. Ferdinand came home.
"Was your fish nice, Roger?" she asked.
"Yes, but my feet are hurting," he answered.
"Why are they hurting?" Mrs. Ferdinand asked.
"Well, the words on the tin are: 'Open tin and stand in hot water for five minutes!'"
中文翻译
一天早晨，费迪南德太太对丈夫说：“罗杰，今天午餐时间杨太太家有个聚会，我想去参加。我会给你留些午餐。可以吗？”
“哦，当然可以，”她的丈夫回答。“完全没问题。你给我留了什么当午餐？”
“这罐鱼，”费迪南德太太说，“还有一些冷的煮土豆和豆子。”
“很好，”费迪南德先生说。“我会享用一顿美味的午餐。”
于是费迪南德太太去参加聚会了。女士们都在杨太太家用了午餐，下午三点，费迪南德太太回到了家。
“罗杰，鱼好吃吗？”她问。
“好吃，但我的脚很疼，”他回答。
“为什么会疼？”费迪南德太太问。
“嗯，罐头上的说明写着：‘打开罐头，在热水中站立五分钟！’”