1) A Clever Wife

“Benz” is a famous car brand. Someone once advertised that one of their cars would be auctioned off for a dollar. Everyone assumed that this must be a joke.

However, one man was so curious about it that he decided to give it a try. So, he went to see the car. The woman indeed sold him the car, which only had 12,000km on it, for $1!

When the man who bought the car was about to leave, he told the woman that if she did not tell him why she sold him the car so cheaply, he would be too nervous to drive it. He wanted her to reassure him that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle and that it was not stolen property.

The woman was silent for a while, but at last, she replied, “I want to fulfill my late husband’s last wishes. He made me promise to sell the Mercedes Benz and give the money from the sale to his secretary on Valentine’s Day.”

2)The Correct Card

A famous news reporter who works for the New York Daily News loves to share the story of how he got hired.

At that time, he had been nervously waiting outside of the office. His resume had already been sent in. After a while, the manager’s assistant came out and told him that the manager wanted to see his business card.

He didn’t have any business cards, but he had an idea. He took out a pack of poker cards and pulled out the ace of spades. He told the assistant: “You can give him this card.”
He was hired after half an hour.

If you are going to send in a playing card, you might as well choose the one with the highest value in a card game to imply your worth.

3) Value of Art vs. Life
A newspaper in France gave an award for the best answer to this question:

If there was a fire in the Louvre in France and you could only save one painting, which one would you pick?

The answer that won was…
“The painting that is nearest to the exit.”

In brief, life is more important than art.

1）妻子的智慧

“賓士”是全球知名品牌汽車，在美國有人曾廣告要以美金1元拍賣，一直沒人相信。

一天，1名男子很好奇，決定回答嘗試，就去看這輛車子，這位登廣告的女士真的把只跑過12,000公里的名牌汽車，以美金1元賣給他，並且把汽車的轉讓文件和密鑰，交給男子，雙方確實完成交易！

買到車子的男子要離開的時候，他說：如果沒告訴他為什麼如此便宜把車子賣給他，他會一輩子不安，開這輛名貴的車子上路，也會忐忑難安，擔心隨時會被警察攔下調查...

賣車子的女子沉默不語一會兒，終於開口回答：我是要完成我已逝丈夫的最後遺願，他再三叮嚀一定要在情人節這一天，把這輛名牌車“賓士”，賣出所得的錢，交給他的女祕書。

2）抓住機會的好牌

《紐約日報》有一位著名的記者，他最津津樂道的，是他得到這份工作的過程。

當時，他十分緊張地在辦公室外等待，履歷表已經送進去了，過了一會兒，一個職員出來說：『經理要看您的名片。』

他從來都沒有名片，於是靈機一動，他拿出一副樸克牌，抽出一張黑桃A說：『給他這個。

半個小時後，他被錄取。

黑桃A，真是一張好牌！

(如果你要送一張撲克牌，你不妨礙選擇一張在紙牌遊戲中價值最高的紙牌來暗示你的價值。)

3）離你最近的成功藝術的價值與生命的價值

法國的一家報紙進行了一次有獎徵答，譯文是：

『如果法國的羅浮宮發生了大火，大火的情況，只允許你救出一幅畫，

你會救哪一幅？』

結果，得到第一名的答案是。

離出口最近的那幅畫！  

(簡而言之，生命比藝術更重要。)