An engineer dies and reports to the pearly
gates. St. Peter checks his dossier and says,
"Ah, you're an engineer-you're in the wrong place."
So the engineer reports to the Gates of Hell
and is let in.
Pretty soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied
with the level of comfort in Hell, and starts designing
and building improvements. After a while, they've
got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators,
and the engineer is a pretty popular guy.
One day, God calls Satan up on the telephone
and says with a sneer, "So, how's it going down
there in Hell?"
Satan replies, "Hey, things are going great!
We've got air conditioning and flush toilets and
escalators, and there's no telling what this engineer
is going to come up with next."
God replies, "What??? You've got an engineer?
That's a mistake-he should never have gotten
down there; send him up here."
Satan says, "No way. I like having an engineer
on the staff, and I'm keeping him."
God says, "Send him back up here or I'll sue."
Satan laughs uproariously and answers, "Yeah,
right. And just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?"
Key words:
pearly gates (n.)珍珠門 ( 天國的12個門 ; Rev. 21: 21 )
dossier (n.)有關檔案
flush toilet (n.)抽水馬桶
escalator (n.)電扶梯
Satan (n.)撒旦
sneer (n.)輕蔑
uproariously (adv.)喧囂地
*成寒解說:在美國,關於律師的笑話不少,這一則
是在諷刺所有的律師都下地獄去了。
以色列、巴勒斯坦:
http://chenhen2013.pixnet.net/blog/post/462697781
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成寒英語教材:
http://chenhen2013.pixnet.net/blog/post/288240074
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唸〈成寒英語教材〉,托福、多益 TOEIC 考高分成績榜 & 他們的學習歷程:
http://chenhen2013.pixnet.net/blog/post/275932070