A cold winter night_英语司法笑话
lorenzo dow, an evangelist of the last century, was on a preaching tour when he came to a small town one cold winter's night.
he entered the local general store to get some warmth, and saw the town's lawyers gathered around the pot-bellied stove, discussing the town's business. not one offered to allow dow into the circle.
dow told the men who he was, and that he had recently had a vision where he had been given a tour of hell, much like the traveler in dante's inferno.
when one of the lawyers asked him what he had seen, he replied, "very much what i see here: all of the lawyers, gathered in the hottest place."
he entered the local general store to get some warmth, and saw the town's lawyers gathered around the pot-bellied stove, discussing the town's business. not one offered to allow dow into the circle.
dow told the men who he was, and that he had recently had a vision where he had been given a tour of hell, much like the traveler in dante's inferno.
when one of the lawyers asked him what he had seen, he replied, "very much what i see here: all of the lawyers, gathered in the hottest place."