| A traveler stopped to observe the curious behavior of a farmer who was plowing his field. A single mule hitched to the plow was wearing blinders, and the farmer was yelling, "Giddyap, pete! Giddyap, Herb! Giddyap, Ol' Bill! Giddyap, jeb!"
After watching the farmer carry on like this for a while, the traveler asked, "Say, mister -----how many names does that mule have?"
"Just one ----his name is Pete."
" Then why do you call out Herb and Bill and-----"
"It's like this," explained the farmer. "If Ol'Peter knew he was doing all this work alone, I couldn't make him do it . But if he thinks he's got three other mules workin'alongside of him, he does he got back to his corporate office in New York, he invented the committee. |
一位旅行者停下来，看着一个农夫，那农夫正在耕地，他的行为很古怪，一匹骡子拴在犁上，开戴着眼罩，农夫吆喝着：“驾，皮特！驾，赫伯！驾，奥尔比尔！驾，叶伯！
看着农夫犁了一会儿，旅行者说：“伙计，那头骡子怎么有那么多名儿啊？”
“就一个，他叫皮特。”
“那么，你怎么叫他赫伯，又叫比尔，还有……”
“是这样，”农夫解释道，“如果奥尔皮特发现所明的活就它独个儿干，我就没法让它干了。但是，如果它以为旁边还有三头骡子一块儿干，它就会自己把所有的活都给干了。”
“真是好主意，”旅行者赞叹道他回到纽约办公室后，就创建一个委员会。 |
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