It's hard not to get caught up in this funny story. John Bevis tells a lot of tales this time of year when life slows down.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

Well, start anywhere you want. Breton, which is a language that has nothing to do with French at all-- here, oh I've got a really funny story I was going to tell about a Breton priest, a French speaking Breton priest, but that's for another day.

从哪开始都行,布列塔尼语,这个语言和法语没有任何关系,这,我准备讲一个特别有意思的故事,是关于一个布列塔尼牧师,说法语的布列塔尼牧师,不过这以后再讲了

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Funny story, I met him because at MIT they signed us all up for chest x-rays alphabetically-- that's the way MIT does things, an orderly way.

有趣的是,我在MIT遇到他是因为,我们按姓氏字母顺序,排队去照胸透,MIT做事总是用这种有条理的方式

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It is a funny,sad and emotional story about marriage,race,family, terrorism and war.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

This makes the story funny.

VOA: special.2009.01.24