美國流行笑話：Historical Events 歷史事件

79　Historical Events 歷史事件

I was manning the register at a busy Italian restaurant when a customer walked up with his check, totaling $14.92. “That's when Columbus discovered America,” he commented. “You don't really believe that, do you?” I responded. “I mean, the Native Americans were here long before he showed up.” We continued in this vein for several minutes. Meanwhile, a line had begun to form. After my customer left, the next patron in line came up to my counter and impatiently asked me what was going on. “Oh, we were talking about historical events,” I said. “Well, then,” said the irritated customer, “can you tell me what happened the year I started waiting in line?”

我正在一家繁忙的意大利餐館幫忙收款，一個顧客走上前來，拿著他的用餐賬單，總計14.92美元。他說：“這是哥倫布發(fā)現(xiàn)美洲的時候。”我應聲說：“你并不相信，是不是？我的意思是，在他來之前美洲原住民早就在這里了。”我們以這種情調談了好幾分鐘。這時，后面的人就排起隊來了。這個顧客走了以后，后面的顧客走上來，很不耐煩地問我是怎么回事。我說：“哦，我們正在討論一些歷史事件。”那個生氣的顧客說：“唔，那么你能不能告訴我，我開始排隊的那一年發(fā)生了什么事？”