比尔，吉姆，和史考特参加一埸会议，并且在一栋七十五层摩天大楼的顶楼合住一间大套房。在一整天的会议之后，他们非常惊讶地听说他们饭店的电梯坏掉了，他们必须要爬七十五层楼梯回到他们的房间。比尔对吉姆和史考特说，让我把精神集中在有趣的事情上，来打发这件令人不爽快又单调乏味的苦差事。前二十五层我来说笑话，后二十五层吉姆可以唱歌，剩下的路程史考特可以说些悲哀的故事。到了二十六层，比尔停止说笑话，吉姆开始唱歌。到了五十一层，吉姆停止唱歌，史考特开始说些悲哀的故事。他说：“首先，我要说我的悲哀的故事，我把房间钥匙留在车子裡了!”

Bill,Jim,and Scott were at a convention together and were sharing a large suite on the top of a 75 story sky-scraper. After a long day of meetings they were shocked to hear

that the elevators in their hotel were broken and they would have to climb 75 flights of stairs to get to their room. Bill said to Jim and Scott, let's break the monotony of this

unpleasant task by concentrating on something interesting. I'll tell jokes for 25 flights, and Jim can sing songs for 25 flights, and Scott can tell sad stories the rest of the way. At

the 26th floor Bill stopped telling jokes and Jim began to sing. At the 51st floor Jim stopped singing and Scott began to tell sad stories. " I will tell my saddest story first," he said.

"I left the room key in the car!"