5. Not Stupid

A young foolish guy was walking along a river bank one night when he heard someone yelling1 for help on the other side of the river. He yelled back to see if there was anything he could do.

He found out that the voice on the other side of the river were from two Blondes. They yelled and told him that they needed to get over to the other side of the river but could not find a bridge. The guy thought for a minute and finally yelled back to the Blondes, "I'll shine this flashlight2 across the river and you walk across the beam3 to this side"

The Blondes immediately replied, "We are not stupid, when we get halfway across the river you will shut the flashlight off and we will fall into the river!"

Notes:

1. yell 喊叫，吼叫

2. flashlight 手电

3. beam 光柱，光束

我们又不是傻瓜

一天夜里，一个年轻的傻小伙正沿着河岸散步，突然他听到河对岸传来呼救声。他马上大声问对岸的人是否需要帮助。

原来河对岸有两个金发女郎，她们大声告诉这个小伙子她们想到河的这边来却找不到一座桥。这个小伙子想了一会儿，最后大声告诉对岸的金发女郎：“我打开手电照着河面，你们就沿着这条光柱过来吧。”

金发女郎们马上回答：“我们又不是傻瓜，走到半路时你一定会关掉手电，那我们就会掉进河里了！”

Useful link:

19世纪末期手电筒才被发明。因为它必须结合电池与电灯泡的发明，而早期电池的蓄电力不足，因此，它在英文中被称为“flashlight”，意即“短暂的灯”。