“Young man, where do you work?” the judge asked the defendant.
“Here and there,” said the young man.
“What do you do for a living?”
“This and that.”

“Take him away,” said the judge.
The young man said, “Wait a minute! When a minute! When will I get out?”

The judge replied, “Sooner or later.”
(The judge thinks that the young man did not respond to his questions in a serious way, so he returns the favor in his response.)

（通訊員天津外國語學(xué)院劉偉 來源英語學(xué)習(xí)2006年第7期）