One morning, as the fishing fleet passed by on its way out to sea, a boat came too close to our ship. A Marine held up a sign warning the captain to stay away, and he complied. The next day, the boat was back. This time, the fisherman held something. The nervous Marine pointed to his rifle. The fisherman lifted the object and unfurled it, revealing a sign of his own. It read “Your Sign Was Upside Down.”
一天早上,當漁船隊出海的時候,一條船離我們的船太近了。一個海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊隊員舉起一個標志,警告船長離遠一點,他照辦了。第二天,那條船回來了。這一次,那個漁民手里拿著什么東西。這個海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊員緊張地舉起槍對著他。那個漁民把手里的東西舉起來,并且打開。那是他自己的一個標志,上面寫著:“昨天你的標志拿倒了?!?