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A Bet
Two pals are sitting in a pub watching the eleven-'clock news.A reporter comes on about a man threatening to jump from the 20th floor of a downtown building.One friend turns to the other and says,'I'll bet you ten bucks the guy doesn't jump.'
'It's a bet,' agrees his buddy.
A few minutes later, the man on the ledge jumps,so the loser hands his pal a $10 bill.'I can't take your money,'his friend admits.'I saw him jump earlier on the six-o'clock news.'
'Me,too,'says the other buddy.'But I didn't think he'd do it again.
打賭

兩個好朋友正坐在一家小酒館內觀看十一點的電視新聞。一則新聞報道說，有個男人威脅要從商業區一座大樓的二十層跳下去。一位朋友轉身對另一位說道：「我敢賭十塊錢，那傢伙不會往下跳。」
「賭就賭，」他的朋友欣然同意。
幾分鍾後，站在牆檐上的男人跳了下去，因而賭輸的那位交給他的朋友一張十元的鈔票。「我不能拿你的錢，」他的朋友承認道，「早在六點的新聞里，我就已見他跳下去了。」
「我也是，」另一位說，「可我想他不會再跳了！」