這是一則網路笑話﹐ 看了不覺令人莞爾。

To My Dear Wife,

You will surely understand that I have certain needs that you, being 54 years old, can no longer satisfy. I am very happy with you and I value you as a good wife. Therefore, after reading this letter, I hope that you will not wrongly interpret the fact that I will be spending the evening with my 18 year old secretary at the Comfort Inn Hotel.

Please don't be upset - I shall be home before midnight."

我親愛的太太﹐

妳當然了解﹐我有一些需求﹐ 54 歲的妳是無法滿足我的。 跟妳在一起我很幸福快樂﹐ 並且﹐我看重妳是一位好太太。所以﹐當妳看到這封信時﹐知道 我要與我十八歲的秘書在舒服旅店共度一個夜晚﹐ 請別誤解﹐ 也請別沮喪﹐我在午夜前會回家。

當這個劈腿男午夜回家時﹐ 看到太太留了一封信在餐桌上﹕

My Dear Husband,

I received your letter and thank you for your honesty about my being 54 years old. I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that you are also 54 years old. As you know, I am a math teacher at our local college. I would like to inform you that while you read this, I will be at the Hotel Fiesta with Michael, one of my students, who is also the assistant tennis coach.

He is young, virile, and like your secretary, is 18 years old. As a successful businessman who has an excellent knowledge of Math, you will understand that we are in the same situation, although with one small difference - 18 goes into 54 a lot more times than 54 goes into 18.

Therefore, I will not be home until sometime tomorrow."

我親愛的先生﹐

我收到你的信了﹐ 也謝謝你誠實的告訴我我已經 54 歲了。我要提醒你的是你也 54 歲了。如你所知﹐ 我是一所大學的數學老師。 當你讀著這封信時﹐我正與我的學生麥克在豐收旅店享受歡樂時光。 麥克也是一名助理網球教練。

麥克和你的秘書一樣﹐ 也只有 18 歲。你身為一個成功的實業家﹐ 對數學應該有很好的理解能力。現在你和我的情況是一樣的﹐ 所不同的是﹐ 18 進入 54 的次數比 54 進入 18 的次數來得多

所以﹐我明天才會回家。