1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
1957: The respected BBC news announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Many called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this the BBC diplomatically replied, "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."
1、 瑞士面條樹(shù)
在1957年,由于暖冬天氣和面條樹(shù)蟲(chóng)大滅亡,使今年瑞士農(nóng)民的意大利面條樹(shù)獲得了大豐收。伴隨這條新聞還配有一些畫(huà)面,我們看到瑞士農(nóng)民正在從樹(shù)上摘意大利面。于是BBC接到了數(shù)百個(gè)咨詢電話,人們想知道他們?nèi)绾尾拍茉谧约乙卜N上面條樹(shù)。對(duì)這件事情BBC用很官方的態(tài)度進(jìn)行了回應(yīng),“把一枝面條樹(shù)干插到一聽(tīng)番茄醬中,接下來(lái)就是抱著希望等待它豐收啦。”