Joke of the Day - 聪明的人 Cōngming de rén

helenshen_counselor
August 25, 2009, 06:32 AM posted in General Discussion

聪明的人
Cōngming de rén

一位哲学家对一个学者说:“如果有人问你问题,你不要马上回答,因为这是很愚蠢的,只有聪明的人才会想一下才回答。”
Yī wèi zhéxuéjiā duì yī gè xuézhě shuō:“rúguǒ yǒurén wèn nǐ wèntí,nǐ bùyào mǎshàng huídá,yīnwèi zhè shì hěn yúchǔn de,zhǐyǒu cōngming de réncái huì xiǎng yīxià cái huídá. ”

学者问:“你确定你也是这样吗?”
Xuézhě wèn:“nǐ quèdìng nǐ yěshì zhèyàng ma?”

“是的”, 哲学家马上回答。
“shìde”. Zhéxuéjiā mǎshàng huídá.

聰明的人
Cōngming de rén

一位哲學家對一個學者說:“如果有人問你問題,你不要馬上回答, 因為這是很愚蠢的,只有聰明的人才會想一下才回答。”
Yī wèi zhéxuéjiā duì yī gè xuézhě shuō:“rúguǒ yǒurén wèn nǐ wèntí,nǐ bùyào mǎshàng huídá,yīnwèi zhè shì hěn yúchǔn de,zhǐyǒu cōngming de réncái huì xiǎng yīxià cái huídá. ”

學者問:“你確定你也是這樣嗎?”
Xuézhě wèn:“nǐ quèdìng nǐ yěshì zhèyàng ma?”

“是的”,哲學家馬上回答。
“shìde”. Zhéxuéjiā mǎshàng huídá.

哲学家/zhéxuéjiā / philosopher
学者/ xuézhě / scholar
愚蠢 / yúchǔn / stupid
聪明 / cōngming / smart
马上 / mǎshàng / immediately, right away

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kimiik
August 25, 2009, 07:06 AM

The name 李宇春 (yǔchūn) sounds almost like 李愚蠢 (yúchǔn). What was the purpose of her parents when they chose her given name ? Originality ?

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helenshen_counselor
August 25, 2009, 07:27 AM

@kimiik, her parents would be really unhappy to see your comment above! Anyway, they are only different in tones.

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kimiik
August 25, 2009, 07:44 AM

@shenyajin, Obviously I'm not the first one to make the connection.

On Google, "李愚蠢" has 306.000 results ...ouch !!!

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bababardwan
August 25, 2009, 10:33 AM

shenyajin,

I could see the punchline coming but still funny.哈哈,谢谢你。请一直笑话来;加油。

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zaiidaho
April 04, 2012, 01:59 AM

definitely funny