主题：半颗生菜的故事 -- PBS

Half A Head Of Lettuce

There was a boy who worked in the produce section of the market. A man came in and asked to buy half a head of lettuce. The boy told him that they only sold whole heads of lettuce, but the man replied that he did not need a whole head, but only a half head.

The shop assisant said he would go ask his manager about the matter.

He said to his manager, "There's some asshole out there who wants to buy only a half a head of lettuce." As he was finishing saying this, he turned around to find the man standing right behind him, so he added, "and this gentleman wants to buy the other half." The manager okayed the deal and the man went on his way.

Later the manager called on the boy and said, "You almost got yourself in a lot of trouble earlier, but I must say I was impressed with the way you got yourself out of it. You think on your feet and we like that around here. Where are you from son?"

The boy replied, "Minnesota sir."

"Oh really? Why did you leave Minnesota" asked the manager.

The boy replied, "They're all just whores and hockey players up there."

"Really?," replied the manager, "My wife is from Minnesota!!"

The boy replied, "No kidding! What team did she play for?"

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有个小伙子在商店的蔬菜部做伙计。

这天来了个顾客要买半颗生菜，伙计回答本店只卖整颗生菜。但这个顾客不要整颗生菜而只要买半颗生菜。伙计无法决定，只好去问经理。

伙计对经理说：“来了个混蛋要买半颗生菜，” 就在说完这句话时，他突然发现那个顾客就站在他的身后。这位伙计立刻加了一句：“而这位先生要买另外半颗生菜。” 经理同意了卖半颗生菜给这位顾客，生意成交。

经理随后把伙计叫来，对他说：“刚才你差点带来很大的麻烦，但是我对你把自己从困境中解脱出来印象深刻，我们就喜欢像你这样的有随机应变能力的人。"

"顺便问一下，小子你从哪来的？“ 经理问道。

”明尼苏达，先生，“ 伙计回答。

”是吗？那你为什么离开明尼苏达呢？” 经理问。

“在明尼苏达，那里的人不是妓女就是只会玩冰球，” 伙计答道。

“真的吗？”经理回问，”我的妻子就是明尼苏达人！！“

这位伙计回答说：”说真的，您太太过去在那支冰球队打球？“

• 太棒了！