世博英语札记【12】The Nude Birthday Party

1999年11月2日

今天看到一篇名为“THE NUDE BIRTHDAY PARTY”的小笑话，挺有意思的，想和大家分享。

It was this businessman's birthday.He wasn't feeling too good about it anyway and then neither his wife nor his children even said,'Happy Birthday.'It was as if they had forgotten it altogether.But when he got to work his secretary wished him 'Happy Birthday' and suggested they should have a birthday lunch together.He had always wanted to get on friendlier terms with his secretary so he was very pleased.They had lunch in a rather smart restaurant and then his secretary said,how about going back to her place for a coffee.This made him pretty excited...she had been very friendly during their lunch and he couldn't believe his good fortune.They drove back to her house;she took him into the sitting room and poured him a whisky.She said she wanted to go into her bedroom to put on some nicer clothes.He thought,this is it!As soon as she had gone out he took all his own clothes off and finished off his whisky.Then she called out from the next room,'OK,you can come in now!'He flung the door open,ran in and found the room full of his colleagues and his family singing'Happy Birthday to You.'