So I guess my point is that it’s better to be quiet than to tell a stupid joke.

所以在我看来，与其讲述一个愚蠢的笑话，还不如老老实实呆着。

youdao

One nurse told me that her favorite line is, "I was going to tell you a joke, but I can see you're in stitches already."

一名护理人员告诉我，她最喜欢的一句话是，“本来我还想给你讲个笑话，但是现在看到你已经笑出摺了 （缝线）。”

youdao

If you stop talking, I will tell you a joke.

假如你不说话，我就给你讲一个笑话。

youdao

Normally, I would tell a joke, but I'm told that we have to get out of here pretty soon and I have a longer than usual talk, so you'll have to suffer the absence of any merriment here because the tidings I bring in my talk are very grim indeed.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Norman Podhoretz receives the Center's Mightier Pen Award