Tired of having to balance his wife Lucy’s checkbook, Bob made a deal with her; he would only look at it after she had spent a few hours trying to wrestle it into shape. Only then would he lend his expertise.
The following night, after spending hours poring over stubs and figures, the woman said proudly, “There! I’ve done it! I made it balance!”
Impressed, Bob came over to take a look.
“Let’s see … mortgage 550.00…electricity 70.50…phone 35.00.” His brow wrinkled
as he read the last entry. “It says here ESP, 615.00. What the heck is that?”
“Oh,” she said, “That means, Error Some Place.”

    被他妻子露西的支票帐单搞得彻底头晕以后,鲍勃和她做了一个交易;就是她必须自己花上几个小时来做出一个记录,然后他再提供专业的意见.

    接下来的晚上,在花了几小时摆弄那些存根和数字之后,妇人很自傲地宣告:"好了,我完成了!我把它弄平衡了!"

    吃惊之下,鲍勃过来看了一下.

   "让我看看...抵押550,电器70.50,...电话35,"当他读到最后的时候,眉头皱了起来."这里写着特别费用615,这是什么鬼东西?"

   "哦,"她说,"这就是说,有些地方搞错了."