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 Nataly89

link 16.02.2011 13:15 
Subject: put down my dog and I will tell you
Пожалуйста, помогите перевести.Выражение встречается в следующем контексте:"Wait," cries the shepherd, "Let me have a chance to get even. Double or nothing that I can guess your exact occupation." Man says sure. "You are an economist for a government think tank," says the shepherd. "Amazing!" responds the man, "You are exactly right! But tell me, how did you deduce that?"
"Well," says the shepherd, "put down my dog and I will tell you.">Заранее спасибо

 natasha396

link 16.02.2011 13:21 
А что происходило раньше? Наверно, пастух эту собаку проспорил, и мужик собирался ее унести - хотя пастушья собака должна быть немаленькая... Еще put down может переводиться как усыпить, но здесь вряд ли.

 nephew

link 16.02.2011 13:23 
"Поставь на место/верни/отпусти мою собаку, и я тебе объясню"
(мораль: собаку от овцы не отличает)

 CCK

link 16.02.2011 13:25 
щас, сказал пастух, успокою (отловлю) (привяжу) собаку и расскажу...

 Armagedo

link 16.02.2011 13:29 
Красивая байка. Че спорить? Гуглим :)

Man walking along a road in the countryside comes across a shepherd and a huge flock of sheep. Tells the shepherd, "I will bet you $100 against one of your sheep that I can tell you the exact number in this flock." The shepherd thinks it over; it's a big flock so he takes the bet. "973," says the man. The shepherd is astonished, because that is exactly right. Says "OK, I'm a man of my word, take an animal." Man picks one up and begins to walk away.

"Wait," cries the shepherd, "Let me have a chance to get even. Double or nothing that I can guess your exact occupation." Man says sure. "You are an economist for a government think tank," says the shepherd. "Amazing!" responds the man, "You are exactly right! But tell me, how did you deduce that?"

"Well," says the shepherd, "put down my dog and I will tell you."

P.S. Мораль: nephew + 1 :)

 CCK

link 16.02.2011 13:53 
а-а-а, смешно! никогда не слышал этого анекдота...

 

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