Let His Mother Worry

A young lady was permitted by her parents to take a job in a large cityand live in her own apartment.The one condition was that she would not al-low men in her apartment as it would worry her mother. During a long-dis-tance phone conversation,the daughter described her date of her

You Don't Have to Whisper!

The prospective groom was disappointed when he saw the bride that themarriage broker had picked for him.“You shouldn’t have brought me here,”he whispered angrily.“She is ugly too old,she has bad teeth and bleary eyesand squints.”

“悉尼简介”补正

贵刊1994年第10期“悉尼简介”一文中:说“悉尼人口为2,765,040人”,“悉尼市区及郊区共占地670平方英里(1,740平方公里)”。实际上据1992年澳大利亚官方报道其人口已达385万人。其市区及郊区总占地面积达4,074平方公里。据考证“简介”所用数据为60年代初资料。