听侯宝林大师的一段相声,讲述早年艺人在“天桥”演出,场内查票遇到的困难,对有权有势者不敢查问,非常无奈。如穿西服的不敢问,不是长官也是翻译官;带徽章的不敢问,不知是哪里的要员;穿马靴的不敢问,不是军阀就是军痞。捧哏的就说了:那也不一定啊!消防队员也穿马靴,就可以问!逗哏的答日:那他要不是消防队员呢?!这非常巧妙的问答其实含了个取舍的考量。无法判断他是消防队员还是军阀时,只能认为可能性相 Listen to Hou Baolin master of a comic, about the early artists in the “flyover” performance, the court check the difficulties encountered, the powerful potential dare not to ask, very helpless. Such as wearing a suit can not ask, not the Executive is also a translator; with badges can not ask, I do not know where the key members; wearing riding boots can not ask, not the warlords is the military ruffian. Said: it is not necessarily! Firefighters also wear riding boots, you can ask! Funny answer: that he is not a firefighter ?! This very clever question and answer actually contains a trade-off considerations. When he can not judge whether he is a firefighter or a warlord, he can only think of the possibility