英语笑话

479　Too late to know 为时已晚

Complaining of blurred vision, an inmate was brought into the prison clinic. The optometrist fit the prisoner with his new pair of glasses. “How's that?” he asked. “I'll put it to you this way,” said the prisoner. “If I'd had these before I got arrested, I'd have seen that those uniformed men chasing me weren't mailmen.”

一个囚犯抱怨说他看东西模糊，就被带到监狱的诊所就医。眼科医生给他配了一副新眼镜，问道：“这副怎么样？”囚犯说：“我跟你这么说吧。要是在我被抓住以前就带这副眼镜，我就不会以为追我的那些穿制服的人是邮差了。”