My grandmother was famous for her quick wit. Once, at a family event, my sister's date asked if he could bring her a drink. “Yes. A Manhattan,” Grandmother said. “Okay, but you can't be our designated driver,” the young man joked. “Oh, I don't drive. Never did.” “Why is that?” he asked. “I knew that if you drink, you shouldn't drive. So I made the only sensible choice.”
我的奶奶因說話風(fēng)趣而聞名。在一次家庭聚會上,我妹妹的男朋友問奶奶,要不要給她帶一點喝的。奶奶說:“好,要一杯曼哈頓酒?!毙』镒娱_玩笑說:“那你就不可以當(dāng)我們選派的司機了?!薄鞍?,我不開車,從來不開車?!薄盀槭裁??”“我知道,如果你喝酒,你就不能開車。所以我就做唯一明智的選擇?!?