There was a historical marker in West Virginia commemorating the Civil War. One day when an oncoming bus was taking too wide a turn, I swerved my car out of the way, accidentally clipped the sign and broke it. I called the state police to report the damage. The trooper asked, “Who won that battle?” “The Union,” I replied. “Well, don't worry about it,” he said, and hung up. Apparently the war is still not over.
在西弗吉尼亞有一個(gè)歷史性的標(biāo)志紀(jì)念美國南北戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。有一天,迎面開來的大客車拐彎太大,我急忙躲避的時(shí)候撞到這個(gè)標(biāo)志,把它撞斷了。我打電話給州警察局,報(bào)告這個(gè)事故。警察問我:“那場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)誰贏了?”我回答說:“聯(lián)軍贏了?!薄昂?,那就不用擔(dān)心了?!闭f完就掛了??磥?,南北戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)還沒有結(jié)束。