美國流行笑話：Good News and Bad News 好消息和壞消息

203　Good News and Bad News 好消息和壞消息

The pastor of my church hates to plead for money. But when the coffers were running low, he had no choice. “There's good news and there's bad news,” he told the congregation. “The good news is that we have more than enough money for all the current and future needs of the parish. The bad news is, it's still in your pockets.”
我們教會的牧師羞于開口要錢。但是，到了捉襟見肘的時(shí)候他就非開口不可了。他告訴會眾說：“我有一個(gè)好消息，也有一個(gè)壞消息。好消息是我們的錢超過我們教區(qū)目前的和將來的需要。壞消息是這些錢還在你們的口袋里。”