以下は笑い話で一読後ニヤリとしていればよい類のものですがこれをまじめに英語で解釈してみませんか?英会話の話題としてもご利用ください。
A West Virginia man wrote the Rural Electrification Administration in Washington inquiring how to avoid burning his hands.
Investigation revealed that although the man’s home had been completely wired, he had only one light bulb, which he patiently screwed and unscrewed as he took it from room to room wherever it was needed.
(トークラインのご利用者様にお送りしている11月8日付のHANDOUTの一部で、The Reader’s Digestからの転載です)