查询词典 Funny People

In the 1990s Bill Geerhart was an unemployed, not-so aspiring screenwriter in his 30s. To pass the time, he channeled his inner child, 10-year-old Billy, and started writing letters to famous and infamous people and institutions. These letters, written in pencil on elementary school ruled paper, asked funny but relevant questions to politicians, serial killers, movie stars, lobbyists, CEOs, and celebrity lawyers.

恶作剧做大了也会有意想不到的收获，有位Bill Geerhart先生就是恶作剧创作人员中的典范。1994年一心想搞写作的他正无业在家，无聊的人总会有多一点无聊的想法（其实他也可以尝试玩些无聊的人在无聊时玩的无聊游戏），于是他开始召唤内心的童真，虚构了一个小盆友，名字叫Billy，并用一些练习本内页+手写六一体写各种信件寄给有名的、没名的各种各样的人，问一些奇怪的问题请求帮助或者建议。

The funny thing is that most people in China may not know what a "fortune cookie" is.

但奇怪的是，在中国人的概念里，何谓&幸运饼&却是丈二和尚摸不着头脑。

Only, it seems to me that more and more people consider wearing wellingtons and raincoats 'uncool' or 'outdated'– maybe there are other reasons, but whenever I wear either on my way to work when it is pouring down, I get a lot of funny looks.

只是，越来越多的人认为穿雨衣套鞋很傻很老土。不知道是因为这个还是有别的原因，总之，每次下雨天我穿着雨衣套鞋走在上班路上，逃不过地会收到许许多多可笑的目光。

Funny sort of advice you would say to people in wheelchairs.

有趣的排序意见，你会说，以人坐轮椅。

I'm strongly against the death penalty — it's an eye for an eye.

我不赞成死刑——这是以牙还牙的报复行为。

And to get you the support you need, we're enlisting all elements of our national power: our diplomacy and development, our economic might and our moral suasion, so that you and the rest of our military do not bear the burden of our security alone.

并给你们所须的支援，我们正徵召国家所有各种的力量：我们的外交及发展，我们的经济力量与道德劝说，所以你们与其他军人不须要孤独地负起国家安全的责任。