One of the guests turned to a man by his side to criticize the singing of the woman who was trying to entertain them.

"What a terrible voice! Do you know who she is?"

"Yes," was the answer. "She's my wife."

"Oh, I beg your pardon. Of course, it isn't her voice, really. It's the stuff she has to sing. I wonder who wrote that awful song."

"I did," was the answer.

一位客人转向他旁边的男士，想评论一下一位女士的歌喉，这位女士正在试图取悦客人们。

“多么糟糕的嗓音啊！你知不知道这位女士是谁？”“知道。”他答道，“她是我的妻子。”

“哦，非常抱歉。当然，事实上我指的并非是她的嗓音，而是她所唱的内容。我想弄明白如此糟糕的歌词是谁写的？”

“我写的。”他回答说。