LOL
A woman's mother had just bought her first smartphone, and she was very proud of it. She had learned to make calls, take photos and – most excitingly – send text messages.
One afternoon, the daughter's phone buzzed. It was a message from her mum:
"Your Great-Aunt Margaret passed away this morning. LOL."
The daughter stared at the screen in shock. She phoned her mother straight away.
"Mum! Why on earth would you write 'LOL'?"
"What do you mean?" said her mother. "It means 'lots of love'. Isn't that right?"
"No, Mum," said the daughter. "It means 'laugh out loud'."
There was a long pause.
"Oh no," said her mother. "I have to call everyone I've sent it to."
有位女士的媽媽剛買了人生第一支智慧型手機，得意得不得了。她已經學會了打電話、拍照，還有最讓她興奮的——傳簡訊。
一天下午，女兒的手機震了一下。是媽媽傳來的訊息：
「你的瑪格麗特姑婆今天早上過世了。LOL。」
女兒盯著螢幕，嚇呆了。她馬上打電話給媽媽。
「媽！你到底為什麼要寫『LOL』啊？」
「什麼意思？」媽媽說，「LOL 不是『lots of love（滿滿的愛）』的意思嗎？」
「不是啦，媽，」女兒說，「它的意思是『laugh out loud（哈哈大笑）』。」
電話那頭沉默了好久。
「哎呀糟了，」媽媽說，「我得打電話給每個收到這則訊息的人。」