美国流行笑话：What'd you do with the boat? 你到底把船怎么了？

162　What'd you do with the boat? 你到底把船怎么了？

A magician was working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. The audience would be different each week, so the magician allowed himself to do the same tricks over and over again. There was only one problem: The captain's parrot saw the shows every week and began to understand what the magician does in every trick. He started shouting in the middle of the show: “Look, it's not the same hat. Look, he is hiding the flowers under the table! Hey, why are all the cards the Ace of Spades?” The magician was furious but couldn't do anything—it was the captain's parrot after all. One day the ship had an accident and sunk. The magician found himself on a piece of wood, in the middle of the ocean, with the parrot of course. They stared at each other with hate, but did not utter a word. This went on for a day, and another, and another. After a week the parrot finally said: “OK. I give up. What'd you do with the boat?”
一位魔术师在加勒比海一艘游轮上工作。由于观众每个星期都要换，所以魔术师就反反复复地变他那几套戏法。唯一的问题是，船长的鹦鹉每个星期都看那几套戏法，开始明白魔术师在干什么。它开始在戏法中间喊起来：“看，这不是同一顶帽子。瞧。他把花藏在桌子下面了。嗨，为什么这些扑克牌全是黑桃A？”魔术师很恼火，但也没办法，这毕竟是船长的鹦鹉。有一天，船出事沉没了。魔术师和鹦鹉一起漂在大洋中间的一段木头上。他们俩互相仇视着，一言不发。就这样持续一个星期以后，鹦鹉终于开口说：“我服了。你到底把船怎么了？”