Diplomatic Parlance （外交辞令）
An European diplomat asks an envoy of Africa:" The death rate in your country might be very high?" The envoy of Africa replies:" As the same as that of your country, sc. , everybody dies only once."
A big country’s diplomat asks a small country’s emissary（使者）: "Have not you said that you one can cope with （对付，处理） one hundred? How do you come to sue（请求，控告） for peace?" The small country’s emissary replies: "Our country is too small to accommodate（提供住宿，迁就） so many P.O.W.s (captives) of your country."
一个欧洲外交官问一非洲国家的使者：“贵国的死亡率是很高的吧？”非洲使者答：“和贵国一样，即，每人只死一次。”
一个大国外交官问一个小国使者：“你不是说你们以一可以顶百吗？怎么前来求和了呢？”小国使者答：“我们国家太小，怕盛不下你们那么多俘虏。”
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