当你开车在野外却意外地发现没有汽油了，除了向他人伸出援手别无选择。在这种得救的时刻，或许每个人都会说一句“感谢上帝”，哪怕装汽油的容器竟然是个便盆（bedpand）。呵呵~一起微笑着来听听这篇幽默风趣的小短文吧，这个故事告诉我们，妻子的话有时候还是得听。Hints：Al Batt | Hartland | Allen
The Incident with the Bedpan by Al Batt I am one of those men who likes to live on the edge. By that I mean that I do not fill my pickup with gasoline until the needle of the fuel gauge has dipped well into the red area. The red, of course, means danger. This habit of mine does not go unnoticed by my wife. Wives do not miss much. She is constantly reminding me of the foolishness of my actions or my inactions. She is forever telling me that I am going to run out of gas one day and then I would be sorry. I listen to her. Our wedding vows stated that I had to love, honor and listen to her. I listen and then I wait until that needle ventures into the red before fueling up. I was on a pizza run to Hartland the other day when the old pickup sputtered and ran out of gas. It really wasn't my fault. I think the fuel gauge must have gone bad. That happens a lot. I could hear my wife's voice telling me how sorry I would be if I ran out of gas. I knew that I would truly be sorry If she found out that I had run out of gas. I could just hear her," Honestly, If Allen's brains were gasoline, he wouldn't have enough to prime the lawn mower." Or, "Allen, the village called, it is missing its idiot."
便盆信仰记 作者：阿尔·巴特 我是那类喜欢生活在危险边缘的人。这么说的意思是，燃油表指针不降到红色区域我是不会给我那辆皮卡加油的。“红色”当然意味着危险。我这习惯逃不过我太太的眼睛。太太们一般都不会忽略什么东西。她经常提醒我，做这些或者不做那些其实有多笨多蠢。她一直跟我说，总有一天车子会突然没油，我就会后悔莫及。我有听她的话。我们的结婚誓言里说好的，我必须爱慕她，尊敬她，听从她。她的话我有听，不过我还是等那指针指向红色区域才去加油。 有一天，我开车去哈特兰德买比萨饼，路上，这辆老皮卡噼啪响了一阵，然后就没油了。这真的不是我的错。我觉得燃油表肯定是坏了。常有这种事的嘛。我似乎又听到太太的声音，对我说着，一旦半路没油我会多么后悔莫及。我知道，要是给她发现我半路没了汽油，我才真是后悔莫及啊。我几乎能听到她在调侃道，“老实说，如果艾伦的脑子里装的是汽油，光给割草机加油也不够用啊。”又或者，“艾伦，村里打电话来说，他们的白痴不见了。”