The Sandwich Mystery

There were three construction workers. One was American,

one was German and one was Irish, and one day they had

lunch together. They opened their lunch boxes, and the

American said, "Oh no, a tomato sandwich again.

Oh my God! I don't understand my wife! I have been

married for 20 years, and every day she gives me a

tomato sandwich for lunch. Tomorrow, if I get one more

tomato sandwich for lunch, I will jump from the fifth

floor! And then the German opened his lunch box and

said, "Oh, no, not again, a cheese sandwich again!

I have been married for 15 years and every day she

gives me a cheese sandwich. If tomorrow I get one

more cheese sandwich from my wife, I will also jump

from the fifth floor and die. And the Irish man also

opened his lunch box, and said, " Oh, no! Today,

a potato sandwich again! OK, if tomorrow, I get one

more potato sandwich, I'll jump from the fifth floor.

I'll jump with you, too.

Then, the next day at their lunch break, they had lunch

together again. And the American opened his lunch box,

and of course, he had a tomato sandwich. So, he

jumped from the fifth floor. The German construction

worker also opened his lunch box, and said, "What?

A cheese sandwich again?" So he jumped, too.

And then the Irish man opened his lunch box,

and saw a potato sandwich. So he also jumped

together with the two other guys.

Then, at the funeral of the three guys, the three wives

met and talked to each other. And the American

wife said, " I don't understand my John, you know,

I mean he was always very good, and he never complained.

He could have told me that he didn't like tomato sandwiches,

and I would have made him anything else! Because the

first day I made one, he said it was fantastic, so I kept

making them. But he could have told me. And the German

wife also said, "I don't understand my Johan. We've been

married for 15 years, and everything was fine and if he

didn't like cheese sandwiches, he could have told me.

I would have made something else at any time.

Why did he have to jump and die like this! I'm very hurt

and surprised." And so the Irish wife said, "Oh, this is

nothing compared to my grief. I don't understand my Jack,

because he made his own lunch sandwich every day!"

三明治传奇

　　有三位建筑工人在一起吃午餐，一位是美国人，一位

是德国人，还有一位是爱尔兰人。当他们打开餐盒时，

美国人说：「唉呀！怎么又是西红柿三明治！真是的！

我真不懂我太太！结婚20年来，她每天都让我吃西红柿

三明治当午餐，如果明天还是一样的话，我就从五楼跳下去。」

然后那个德国人说：「噢！不会吧！怎么又是奶酪三明治！

结婚15年来，我太太每天都让我吃奶酪三明治。

如果明天还是一样的话，我也会从五楼跳下去，摔死算了。」

接着爱尔兰人也说道：「哦！不会吧！怎么今天又是

马铃薯三明治！如果明天还是一样的话，

我也会和你们一起从五楼跳下去。」

　　第二天中午休息时，他们又在一起吃午餐，美国人

打开餐盒，当然又看到西红柿三明治，于是就从五楼跳

下去。然后德国人打开餐盒一看，同样又是奶酪三明治，

也跟着跳下去。接着爱尔兰人打开餐盒，看到的还是

马铃薯三明治，所以他也跟着他们两个人一起跳下去。

　　在他们三个人的葬礼上，三位妻子相遇交谈，美国人

的妻子说：「我真不懂我的约翰，他为人一直都非常好，

从不抱怨。如果他不喜欢西红柿三明治，大可跟我讲清楚，

我就会为他准备别的食物。因为我第一次做西红柿三明治时，

他赞不绝口，所以我就继续做下去。如果他不喜欢，应该

告诉我呀！」然后德国人的妻子说：「我真不懂我的乔汉，

我们结婚15年了，各方面都很美满，如果他不喜欢奶酪

三明治，就应该告诉我，我随时都可以帮他变换口味，

为什么要想不开跳楼寻死呢？这对我的打击实在太大了！」

接着爱尔兰人的妻子说：「和我的不幸相比，你们那些都

不算什么！我真不懂我的杰克，因为他的午餐每天

都是他自己准备的啊！」