A woman was singing. One of the guests turned to a man by his side and criticized the singer.

“What a terrible voice!” he said， “Do you know who she is?”

“Yes，” was the answer， “she is my wife.”

“Oh， I beg your pardon，” the man said， “Of course her voice is not bad， but the song is very bad. I wonder who wrote that awful song.”

“I did，” was the answer.

一位女子正在唱歌，一位客人轉(zhuǎn)向他身邊的男子批評道：“什么破嗓子!”接著問道：“你知道她是誰嗎?”

“知道，她是我妻子?！蹦侨舜鸬?。

“噢，實在對不起！”客人說，“其實她的嗓子還是不錯的，只是這首歌太差勁了，也不知是誰寫了這樣糟透的歌?！?/p>

“我寫的，”那人答道。