The Russian took out a large bottle of vodka, poured each of his companions a drink and thenhurled1 the semifull bottle out the window.
"Why did you do that?" asked the American businessman.
"Vodka is plentiful2 in my country," said the Russian, "In fact, we have more than we will ever use."
A little later, the Cuban passed around fine Havana cigars. He took a couple of puffs3 of his and then tossed it out the window.
"I thought the Cuban economy was suffering." the businessman said. "Yet you threw thatperfectly4 good cigar away."
"Cigars," the Cuban replied, "are a dime5 a dozen in Cuba. We have more of them than we know what to do with."
The American businessman sat in silence for a moment. Then he got up, grabbed the lawyer and threw him out the window.
在一列穿越欧洲的旅游火车上，有一个美国商人和一个美国律师、一个俄国人、一个古巴人、
俄国人取出一大瓶伏特加酒，给自己的旅伴们每人倒了一杯，然后随手把剩余的半瓶酒扔出了窗外。
“你为什么要这样做啊?”美国商人问。
“我们国家盛产伏特加，”俄国人说，“实际上，我们的酒多得喝不完。”
过了一会儿，古巴人掏出上等的雪茄分发给每个人。他只抽了两口，就把手中的雪茄扔出了窗外。
“我原以为古巴的经济颓废，”那个商人说，“可你却把那么好的烟都给扔掉了。”
“雪茄嘛，”古巴人回答，“在古巴一角钱就可以买12支。雪茄多得我们都不知道该怎么办了。”
这位美国商人坐在那里，静静地想了一会儿，然后站了起来，一把抓起律师，把他从窗口扔了出去。
