Dan was the doorman of a club①in a big city. Everyday， thousands of people passed his door， and a lot of them stopped and asked him， “What’s the time， please？”
After a few months， Dan said to himself， “I’m not going to answer all those stupid② people any more. I’m going to buy a big clock and put it upon the wall here.“Then he did so.
“Now people aren’t going to stop and ask me the time.”he thought happily. But after that， a lot of people stopped， looked at the clock and then asked Dan， “Is that clock right？”
① clubn. （运动，娱乐等的）俱乐部，会，社
② stupidadj. 愚蠢的，笨的
愚蠢问题
丹在一个大城市的某个俱乐部当守门人。每天都有数千人经过他的门口，而且许多人都会停下来问他：“请问现在几点？”
几个月后，丹想：“我不想再回答这些蠢人提出的问题了，我要去买一只大钟，把它挂在这儿的墙上。”于是他买了一只钟，把它挂在了墙上。
“现在人们总不会再停下来问我时间了。”他高兴地想。可是打那以后，每天仍有许多人停下来，看看钟，然后问丹：“这钟准吗？”