"But, Monsieur, C stands for chaude - French for hot. You should know that if you live in Montreal."
"Wait a minute," roared the patron. "The other tap is also marked C."
"Of course," said the manager, "It stands for cold. After all, Montreal is a bilingual city."
蒙特利爾咖啡館的一位顧客擰開(kāi)盥洗室的水龍頭,結(jié)果被水燙傷了。“這太可惡了,”他抱怨道,“標(biāo)著C的龍頭流出的是開(kāi)水。”
“可是,先生,C代表Chaude,在法語(yǔ)里代表'熱'。如果您住在蒙特利爾的話就應(yīng)該知道這一點(diǎn)。”
“等等,”那位顧客咆哮著,“另外一個(gè)龍頭標(biāo)的也是C。”
“那當(dāng)然,”經(jīng)理說(shuō)道:“這個(gè)C代表冷。畢竟,蒙特利爾是個(gè)雙語(yǔ)城市。”