第1795期：天堂和地狱

英文里有个很老的段子，说天堂什么样，地狱什么样，有很多版本，你一看就明白，肯定听过。

版本一

Heaven:

  The police are British

  The cooks are French

  The engineers are German

  The administrators are Swiss

  The lovers are Italian

Hell:

  The police are German

  The cooks are British

  The engineers are Italian

  The administrators are French

  The lovers are Swiss

版本二

Heaven is an American salary, a British house, a Chinese cook, and a Japanese wife.

Hell is a Chinese salary, a Japanese house, a British cook, and an American wife.”

版本三

Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian, and it’s all organized by the Swiss.

Hell is where the chefs are British, the mechanics French, the lovers are Swiss, the police German, and it’s all organized by the Italians.

版本四

In Heaven:

Lovers are French, mechanics are German, cooks are Italian, and everything is organized by Swiss people.

In Hell:

Mechanics are French, cooks are German, lovers are Swiss, and everything is organized by Italians.

你还听过哪个版本，欢迎留言分享。

在书中看到一个加拿大版本类似的段子，说的不是天堂和地狱，而是加拿大自己的历史：

Canada could have enjoyed English government, French culture, and American know-how.

Instead, it ended up with English know-how, French government, and American culture.

委屈加国人了。