While at a marine-supply store stocking up on equipment for my boat, I also purchased an inflatable life preserver. “It was my wife's idea,” I explained to the salesman at the counter. “She's buying it for me as a gift.” “Lucky you,” he said as he started to write up the order. “My wife got me a length of chain and a cement block.”
當(dāng)我在船舶裝備商店為我的船添置設(shè)備的時候,我還買了一件充氣式救生衣。我對柜臺里的售貨員說:“這是我太太的主意。她買這個送給我做禮物?!彼贿厡懳业挠唵危贿呎f:“你好走運(yùn)。我太太送給我一根長鏈子和一塊水泥塊?!?