双语笑话|英语小幽默两则

All-purpose Dissolvent （万能溶剂）

A young man saw Edison, said : I wanna develop a sort of all-purpose dissolvent, by which can dissolve^{1（溶解） all materials. Edison asked a question in reply : In that case, what container shall you hold it with?}

一个后生找到爱迪生，说：我筹备研制一种万能溶剂，它能溶解所有物质。爱迪生反问：那你用什么来盛它呢？

Anxious

The wife says to the neighbor: My husband has not returned all the night; I do not know where he went . It really gives me a hangup（很难摆脱的烦恼，焦虑）!

An insider says: Let it be. Would you know where he went, I dare^{2 to say that you would be more anxious .}

老婆对邻居说：老公一晚上都没回家，也不了解他做什么去了 ，真叫我着急！

一个知情人说：算了，你要了解他做什么去了，我敢说你会更着急。