双语笑话：电子邮件惹的祸

E-mail Errors

It’s wise to remember how easily this wonderful technology can be misused，sometimes unintentionally，with serious consequences．

Consider the case of the Illinois man who left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida．His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day．When he reached his hotel，he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail．Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her e-mail address，he did his best to type it in from memory．

Unfortunately，he missed one letter，and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher’s wife，whose husband had passed away only the day before．When the grieving widow checked her e-mail，she took one look at the monitor，let out a piercing scream，and fell to the floor in a dead faint．

At the sound，her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen：

Dearest Wife，

Just got checked in．Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow．

电子邮件惹的祸

尽管电子邮件是一项非常先进的技术，但使用不当就容易犯错误，即使有时是无意的，同样也会造成严重的后果。必须对此要有所认识，这才是明智的。

一个伊利诺伊州人的经历就很好地证明了这一点，他从白雪皑皑的芝加哥到佛罗里达度假。他妻子正在商务旅行，打算第二天在佛罗里达和他会合。他抵达旅馆后，决定给妻子发个电子邮件。他把妻子的邮件地址写在了一张纸上，但不知道放哪儿了，于是就凭自己的记忆发了份电子邮件。

但不幸的是，他漏打了一个字母，邮件发给了一位老年妇女，她丈夫是一个牧师，前一天刚刚去世。当这位悲痛的寡妇打开自己的邮箱，才瞅了一眼屏幕，就发出了一声刺耳的尖叫，倒在地板上，昏死过去。

她的家人听到叫声，冲进房间，看见了屏幕上的邮件内容：

最亲爱的老婆，

都已经登记好了。就等你明天来。